First I'm very thankful for any helpful advice. Location: Omaha, NEMy wife of 5 years and I have 3 young children and have lived in our mortgaged home for 4 years.  We have a FHA loan and put down 3.5%.  We purchased ...

Hello all- I recently acquired a 2-flat in Chicago (Cook County, Illinois) and there are only two electric meters/panels. Is a 3rd required for common areas and exterior lights? Less the inside wiring, what is an appr...

Hello group.  I'm an active investor of 12+ years.  I've done a few flips and hold some rentals.  One thing I've never done is completely re-side a home.  I'm hoping to glean some information from the group on repair ...

Hi guys,I just put a few offers in Kansas City, MO for SFH. At first I was only looking for properties with a concrete basement because of the natural disaster - tornado. Along the way, I've learned that most of the p...

Soooo this is going to be my first property purchase. Im looking for feedback on how I can do this. If I’m doing it wrong please correct me. And thank you in advance. I can buy my dad’s house which owes a little less...

Hello, I have a 23 unit complex under contract in Sioux Falls.  It is right at that 1.4m mark, brick structure, built 1980, and generates 800/m per unit.  The owner is 80 years old and is the original owner / builder ...

I was walking through a house I am trying to sell on a lease purchase and I noticed some trash on the floor. when i reached down to pick it up I noticed what looked at first to be a long piece of hair on the tile floo...

Hey guys, my name is Matt. I've never purchased real estate before. I'm 25 years old, work a full time job as a voice and data engineer for a multi-national corporation, and currently rent. I've lived all across the c...

There is a REO listing agent who hires a local structural engineer to do a slab report on apparently any listing with cracks in the drywall. The listing then includes a report that typically measures slope of slab, s...

My parent's home is a custom build built in 2003 in a desirable neighborhood with above-average schools in a suburb in Buffalo, NY. 4 bed, 2.5 bath and 2,522 square feet. Unfortunately, my mother passed away a few mon...