i landscpaed my property,i made the mistake of no submitting permission.I also included in this project the removal of a tree(roots coming thru the garage floor),i went to the city after the fact and they ...

I am a newbie and I am about a week away from having the leased signed on our first property. We did a good amount of work to get the property looking nice and hopefully problem free when the tenant moves in. This w...

Hello BP!My name is G. Hays and I am new to the BP community and just taking this chance to introduce myself. I am currently in the military and discovered early on the power of real estate from renting and selling m...

I've come across a property that we're making an offer on, and one of the larger issues is that it borders on one edge with a creek, and it appears that all the water flow from the gutters were unmitigated and during ...

Hi everyone! Just curious if anyone has suggestions for landscaping/curb appeal for flips in winter.

I'm looking at a house that has ZERO landscaping, front or back - it really stands out badly with all neighbors ...

Where I am from:

Originally from a tiny town in north central Illinois called Tiskilwa but now I live in the Champaign/Urbana area very close to the University of Illinois

Background/Goals:

I am a agricultural eng...

How can we avoid making mistakes in Real Estate?  This is such a huge question.I've been working in real estate in some capacity since I was 18 years old.  I turned 19 working on a framing crew just outside Dallas, TX...

As the title says, my question is how is everyone doing preventive maintenance right now? I would like to have someone inspect my property to see if there are any looming problems that should be fixed, but I don't wan...

Imagine all of the possible maintenance items plotted across a spectrum. On the left side are items that you just reactively fix as they present themselves. On the right side are items that require proactive considera...

Hi all! My first question on BP!I'm looking at an old flat in my local area that I'm considering as my first purchase in real estate investment. It's in Lisbon, Portugal where I live. I have these pictures of the floo...