Mike V.
Hardwood Warping Question
We are at a house previewing it, and we notice warping hard wood floors. It'a pretty bad and it looks like waves. There is a crawl space below. What could be the problem? Any insights? The rest of the house looks rea...
John Franczyk
Converting Commercial Warehouses to Residences
We're beginning to do research on buying up small historical warehouses (4,000 - 10,000 sq.ft.) in southeast Wisconsin, and dividing the space into living and/or working quarters. There's a growing arts community here...
Zoran Domazet
Seeking advise on replacing cast iron drain line with PVC pipe
Hey BP fam! I recently purchased a 2 story duplex and will be doing a few updates over the next few months. I am looking to replace the cast iron drain pipe with a PVC scheduled 40 4" pipe. I am currently shopping aro...
Robert Douglas Lyons III
Galveston Jamaica Beach STR Ground Level Living Area
I am building a short-term rental home in Galveston Jamaica Beach on a canal lot. The home is 2-story with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms and has 1895 sq. feet of living space. It will sleep 16 people. 1st floor maste...
Juan Diaz
Fixing a Layout
Sometimes you’ll walk into a house and think to yourself “Wow! This house just feels so awkward!” Whether it’s cramming too many rooms into a small space or using walls so much that the house has a closed-in and claus...
Kurt Brown
Adding units to FHA loan property
2 part question. 1st, I'm looking at a property that has three 1bd units on second floor and a non-profitable Deli business on the 1st floor. Can this be purchased under the FHA 1-4 unit OO loan guidelines? 2nd, could...
Marc Shin
is wood destroying fungus a deal breaker?
Doing a home inspection on a potential investment property. They found wood destroying fungus was found in the sub-floor and the floor joists in the crawl space. is this a deal breaker?
David Sisson
10K SF commercial, maybe mixed use building East Providence RI
About 3 months ago I purchased a commercial building in East Providence RI. This is about a 3500 SF footprint, on 3 levels, including the basement. The intention of this property is to move my architecture firm into &...
Ryan Lane
AI Floor Plan Generator
Anyone know an affordable AI floor plan tool? PlanFinder AI looked promising, but it’s an add-in to a pretty costly software and I don’t do the volume to justify the expense. Ideally I want to give the exterior dimens...
Dave Charron
insulation question?
So I am doing a rehab/flip on an old, old house. House has old timbers for floor joists and has a crawlspace. There is NO insulation in between the floor joists. Never has been. I am flipping this house.Should I b...