Hi all. Last week after a heavy downpour in SoCal tenant notified me that there were dripping leaks in two bedrooms. Above these two bedrooms are a sloped roof and a roof top deck. There were two small areas of mildew...

ive had some issues with a tenant smoking in one of my rental houses.   Ive been soft on them because this happens to be my gfs house and ive basically hidden the issue from her so she doesnt flip a gasket, (i told he...

Good Afternoon BP, Well taking Brandon's advice for some time now to analyze deals until you find a Great Deal. Well I think I may have found one for my area and seeking a second opinion. Location: Bartlesville, OK (1...

I am skipping a lot of key material related to house building, but I guess anyone can check out my website for the full package.  Here are some more summary posts lets try and throw a few more in here and go 21 - 28 a...

Hi All - So I have two rental houses in Houston. My property manager called yesterday and told me that two of my houses were under water. One had about 18" of water in it and the other had 48" in it. My insurance agen...

Typically if an architect is designing a duplex ADU, with the same floor plan on the top and bottom.  They may charge $8-12k.  
If this design was going to be replicated 8 times, ie 16 units total, what is a fair cos...

Hello Biggerpockets!I have discussed some of the details on my first project in other post, but I wanted to give an update on my first intentional investment property. A little background on me: I have always wanted t...

I purchased my first property to rehab about a month ago.  Right before the new year.  It was an REO that was 39k.  I think the bank wanted to get it off their balance sheet before the new year because they wanted a c...

I want to know which is cheaper... to refinish old hardwood floors or to install laminate flooring. The hardwood floors in the property is in so so condition, no cracks, but it is uneven in some places though. Woul...