Hi Everyone,

So this is a scenario that I encountered with my tenant a year ago, and in the end I ended up paying because I couldn't prove negligence on their part but moving forward i want to be more dilige...

I read through the coding and zoning and the ceilings are 8 feet tall, it’s hardly below grade, has 2 legal bedrooms with a window and closet. 2 exits 1 front 1 rearthe hang up I see is the windows, there’s only about...

I co-own a house with my sister.  We had a tenant who just moved out.  We knew the house would be messy but were not prepared for the extent of the damage.  Apart from many holes in the walls, the tenant had put screw...

Has anyone ever heard of something called Butterfly? It is used to fix windows with broken sash cords. I have several of them and appearently instead of replacing the cords, you can use something called a Butterfly. I...

I have a question for the construction-and-repair inclined in the BP community:  I'm contemplating the property shown below.  The style looks very odd to me and in fact, as one might guess, there are water intrusion p...

Hey BP Community! I'm a new investor in the Twin Cities having purchased my 1st owner occupied duplex this past November, and I'm happy to say it's going well so far. I'm looking for some advice on how to prioritize i...

I have a 4 unit, there are some bedrooms on the third floor that don't quite meet egress requirements because it's a 22' drop from the window sill instead of the maximum 20' I've been thinking of solutions and came up...

Not sure if this is the right place to put this question. I have a college town rental property and added an egress window to a basement bedroom- the additional bedroom is worth about $650/month so it's a no brainer. ...

I'm interested in a duplex in my area, but there is no central air system installed in the home, and the heat is baseboard electric. My initial reaction is to be concerned that window A/C units may not be satisfactory...

I just rented a home out that I soft remodeled to new 3 years ago. It still looks fresh and new. I rented the home $150/month below market to get a good supply of tenants.The windows are an issue. They are late 80s do...