Hi BP! My wife and I are about to start the inspection process on a SFR about a half mile from the quickly developing downtown Gilbert area outside of Phoenix. The house sits on one of the many artificial lakes here i...

I wanted to see what you all thought of this.  It might be no big deal but I haven't come across this before....looking at this house for a buy and hold and in the basement(basements are rare in this part of NC) sits ...

I have a historic home I am working on a deal. We had camera put in, and plumber could see portions of cast iron and said we should replace everything. He could not get into copper lines due to smaller fittings, but s...

I'd like to know how estimate the cost of improving raw land by building roads and extending utilities.  Is there any way to get a ball park idea for this without engineering documents to generate a quote from an exca...

Hello, my question up front is does anyone have experience flipping homes with foundation issues or do you run away?  I am looking at purchasing a home in San Diego that has had minimal repairs /upkeep over the years....

Hi guys.  I'm from SoCal and in contract for my first deal - a 3 duplex package out in the mid-west.  The inspection report came back and the block foundation for two of the properties are in poor condition.  Some of ...

Okay, I should have posted on this new member forum first. So here I go. My name is Ralph and I am located in Missoula, MT.

I am interested in real estate because I am looking for ways to overcome: living from paych...

I have always wanted to own a large piece of land (20+ acres) and build a house on it. I've been looking at what lands are available for sale in my area. There's one piece of land that's over 100 acres, that is zoned ...

Hello, I keep confronting foundation issues with properties I'm interested in throughout Los Angeles.  My agent said that it's a common problem here in socal so I was wondering what your thoughts were on this. Should ...

My auto mechanic got a 50k price/estimate to get the site report and design for a 6 bay auto repair shop that he needs in order to get a price on building the property. It does include a retention pond...which I wond...