My understanding on this is that if you build it unpermitted, the benefit at that time is that your property value likely won't increase because the square footage is not assessed to increase the value of your home an...

HiWe recently asked for fire retrofit inspection of our building as it is needed for refinance, some of the units didn't pass audibility test, so we added wireless interconnected (battery-operated) alarms into the uni...

Hello - where can I find a class for home inspection so I can be licensed in both NC & Va ? I was a fire / building inspector for 20 years back in NY

Thanks
Matt

I would assume this is across the board, but is everyone here seeing excessive inspection delays? I requested a final inspection for some electrical work at one of my buildings about 5 weeks ago...still nothing schedu...

I recently closed on a two-family and I figured (because of the age) that there would be lead paint in the building.  The seller told me they had no knowledge of lead paint, which is common enough.  I assumed I would ...

This is my first deal, and I'm in a buyer market. Some of the request seem to be simple fix and trivial. What i need to agree to and what can i get away with without the deal fall through? I like the idea of just redu...

Ok, so I live in Louisville, KY. I currently have two sfr’s and was actively looking for my next purchase to pull the trigger on. Louisville Metro (Jefferson County in KY) is now in the works of passing a fairness o...

I am ready to buy my first rental in KC MO. I live in San Diego. I would be purchasing it from USREEB. They have rehabbed it and have a renter in it already. They gave me a big checklist of everything they replaced as...

Hi all. I didn't want to look this up as it would possibly stress me out more, I'd rather ask here and get a direct expert answer .So I heard from someone , whom heard it from her son , that there will be new laws/reg...

I have a 36-unit property under contract in Columbus, OH.  It's built in 1963 and has the old Federal Pacific electric panels.  The inspector said they present some fire hazard and some insurance carriers will not ins...