Joshua Ferrari
Basement wall bowing
I'm looking at a house that has a slightly bowed wall due to water pressing in on it from the hillside behind it. Banks won't touch the house because of this issue. If I dig a French drain and fix the wall myself, wha...
Eric Zawadski
Flies In The Apartment! "Screams Tenant"
I am not sure what my obligation is in this situation, so I'm hoping someone will weigh in and help me out....A month ago I had a tenant that said there were a bunch of flies in her apt. I asked how they got in and sh...
Johnny Mey
Tenant withholding rent for Fridge
Location: California. A tenant is withholding rent because the fridge is occasionally leaking on the inside. It has been leaking on the inside for about a month now, but I already had professionals head there and told...
Craig Markhardt
Take out of sheriff's certificate of sale nets $85,000 on terms
Investment Info:
Single-family residence private money loan investment in Sioux Falls.
Purchase price: $85,000
Cash invested: $75,000
Sale price: $245,000
Redemption property purchased after the ...
Ben Limberg
Sloping floor repair
Hey BP,I have a property with sloping floors, poorly covered with tile. It was built in 1920, seems pretty solid, and normal for a property in the area (Oakland County MI). However, the slope is pretty bad and not rea...
Nick Bruckner
Alaskan Investor Learning Curve: flat roofs
Obviously flat roofs aren’t curved. Or sloped. That can be a problem in Alaska. Buildings in parts of the country have these cheap to build lids without issues. In Southcentral Alaska, where there are big snow loads a...
Alan Francis
Drainage Issues... is a landscape architect the answer?
Hello
I recently bought a home in the western suburbs of Chicago and realized during the last heavy rain I have some drainage issues. I'm having water pool next to the foundation wall of the home and noticed that the...
Ed O.
Tenant emergency procedures
[b]Had a close call recently. Had a wonderful 2 handle faucet that was slightly running (smashed washers, couldn't shut off 100%) and a tub drain that couldn't keep up with it. Luckily we were able to avoid a big disa...
Melissa Palmer
Kaneohe House Hack
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $799,000
Cash invested: $30,000
Sale price: $1,060,000
Fix and hold, rent, and sell.
What made you in...
Brent Van Beusekom
Inspection Problem Advice
Hi everyone! I'm looking at buying my first property, and I found a great duplex with really good cashflow (at least $800/month). However, after the inspection came back there were a number of problems. Some of them w...