Our HOA is voting on whether to smooth coat and paint our 70's spanish lace stucco 22-unit building on the beach in Santa Monica, or to simply paint over the heavy spanish lace for a few grand less per unit. Wondering...

I'm getting ready to sell a rental property and the tenant let his cat urinate all over the carpet upstairs. I've pulled out all the carpet, padding, baseboards, and in some areas parts of the drywall in the impacted ...

I had a recent vacancy in one of my rental houses after six years. This house is a small 1940’s with original hardwood floor. The problem is the hardwoods look aesthetically bad, but the good news is the floors have...

Hi BP nation! Would like to ask for some advice on a deal in the works - 12 unit multi-family in the Tokyo area in Japan.The building is a reinforced concrete (RC) structure, which is common here due to earthquake cod...

I have a rental I am currently rehabbing and have a paint contractor about to start. This house hasn't been painted in 30 plus years and his plan was to power wash and scrap what's flaking off, but leave some "alligat...

I have learned a ton on these forums and through the BP podcasts, but I learn even more by actually renovating properties. I have my 4th and 5th rehabs in process at the moment. I had a roofer look at the roof of numb...

Hey guys, I'm buying a duplex in Vista Ca. Is insulating the gas pipes on the roof something I can do myself ? I wasn't able to find any good tutorials/videos on the subject. Does anyone know what kind of material I s...

I bought a house with a crack in the sidewall of the tub. I can get to the back side of it and someone has tried to fix it before. I peeled off their fiberglass mat and it is sticky, like the resin never hardened. Sho...

Need a railing for my new brick stoop and steps. Its a small stoop about 4x6 with 4 stairs to sidewalk. Got one estimate so far for aluminum but the price shocked me. Its only 6 posts and approximately 18-20 linear fe...

Over at a friend's house, his cherry cabinets are "wearing" at the edges. Just a poly coat on them, no stain, and it's at the bottom of the cabinet. He's at a loss why they look like this. Any suggestions would be hel...