We hired a local electrical contractor to do electrical work at one of our properties (2 units).  He charged us for a permit as well as the work performed.He finished all the work and received the complete payment but...

Hello Everyone,I just joined BP and after reading numerous informative threads and comments, I would love to introduce myself to the rest of the team.I am completely new to real estate investing, and am swamped with a...

Hey everybody,Just wanted to provide a brief introduction of myself! My name is Stephen Durante and I am 22 years old currently living in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. I am currently working as a control engineer ...

So i am working on my first rental deal. It’s a 3 bedroom one bath PLUS an additional 600 s.f. structure on site (additional structure needs finished out which I am planning on being a studio apt). According to the bp...

How do you deal with picky buyers who will nick pick everything all the way till the final walk through, before closing?I understand the home inspection negotiations back/forth after getting the property under contrac...

Hello BP friends!I'm a newer member to BP, but I neglected to make a proper introduction. I really enjoyed all of the information that I read early in December, so I decided to become a PRO member shortly thereafter.I...

How do y’all pay your contractors for bigger jobs? Say $50-100k rehab jobs Do you pay 50% upfront and rest at completion? 30% upfront? Nothing up front and draws throughout the project? Buy materials yourself and pay ...

So... I am in negotiations on my first flip.  It will be bathrooms, windows, some cosmetic, fixture updating...  But nothing major structurally (fingers crossed)I know the tv shows showing those knobs laying tile whil...

My GC just notified me that the Baltimore City electrical inspector wants him to install (a) hard wire smoke detectors, (b) GFIs, and (c) replace electrical wiring in the entire two-unit building. The building is old,...

I have a fixer upper house that my LLC now owns and am in the process of getting plans together and starting the renovation on it.  I would like to ideally sell the property when I am done with the property.  Im tryin...