Doris Jin Huang
100+ year old houses in Lehigh Valley, PA
We are looking at some very old houses (built between 1870-1900) in Lehigh Valley, PA. I generally don't think old houses are necessarily a bad idea for buy and hold, but depending on the way they were built & mat...
John Hickman
Foundation contractors
A few questions:How do you scope bids from different foundation contractors when they don't agree to how many piers, etc are needed? One may say you need only a dozen piers, another recommends 24. Just the cost per ...
Brenna Ellison
Horizontal Foundation Cracks Found After Closing
Hi All,I'm a first time home buyer and closed on a single-family home (a recent flip) about 5 weeks ago. A couple of days ago, I noticed horizontal cracks in the unfinished portion of the basement (the rest is finishe...
Kevin Grasse
Risk Tolerance for Foundation Settlement: Villa Park-Denver, CO
Hi all,I'm under contract to purchase my first house hack and going through due diligence. The property is in the Villa Park neighborhood of Denver's West side, built in the 1960s. The home inspector pointed out a few...
Bret Habura
What's wrong with these stairs?
Hello! I just had an inspection done on a 2 unit home yesterday. During the walkthrough we noticed some issues with two of the staircases (pictured below). When you push on the red circle, there is noticeable movement...
Kyle M.
Rehab Estimate - good deal?
So looked at a short sale property today. I'm looking to buy and hold. This property is listed at $90k and median rents in area are $1350 and takes are ~$3700.There are some issues with this house and am going to ge...
Ryan Fox
super old homes for BRRRR
I'm considering buying some 100-year-old SFRs in the Kansas City area for potential BRRRR. I already own two properties in the KC area, but none as old as this. My question is whether I'm going to be inundated with ...
Ned Shuck
Determining plumbing rehab costs/loan for foreclosed property
Anyone have suggestions on determining plumbing costs for a winterized single family foreclosed home that is requiring a rehab loan because of plumbing, but isn't giving any info. on the actual issue? I'm not seeing a...
Aaron Gorum
First Rehab opportunity!!
The home is in Baldwin County, AL and was built in 1940. It is approx 1300 sqft. It is off market and I can get the property around $50k with a possible seller financing deal. It has no HVAC system and no insulation, ...
Garrett Ferrara
Engineer approval of lintel over garage
We have an engineer inspecting a potential failing lintel over a garage on a rental property we are purchasing. I'm awaiting the official report, but am hearing the engineer does not have concerns and does not recomm...