This year I sold an older SFH rental (built 1979) I had with no deferred maintenance in Plano TX in order to 1031 exchange it for a similar sized new SFH rental in Melissa TX (built 2021). All cash buy. The older prop...

I'm putting a new roof on a 1,150 gross sf ft brick 100 year old rowhouse. I've had 2 highly recommended roofers in and my head is exploding.  Roofer #1 only uses PVC, and tells me he'll wrap it over the low parapets ...

On one of my recent specs I thought it would be fun to document the project with pics. So I will share here the pictures and documents for anyone who may be considering specs, or is simply interested in following the ...

I have alluded in other threads on BP the past few weeks that we are saying Good Bye to long term tenants we inherited with a property bought two years ago.   We served them with a month ago with a notice of terminati...

BP - I live in Houston, TX, and unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard about widespread flooding from Hurricane Harvey.  I personally did not flood, but there are neighborhoods that have been heavily...

The bank accepted an offer on an REO condo in Chicago, but the inspector found a small patch of mold (probably the size of a fist) on the bathroom ceiling. I know 5-7 years ago the HOA paid to patch the roof because t...

Hello folks,We recently bought our first duplex and we are obviously house hacking.A small problem though, we have an outdoor staircase which is very unstable and ready to break off anytime someone is on it.Question: ...

Hello,Thank you in advance for the support this community offers to new investors such as myself.We purchased a 8-unit multi-family property in Q4-2019. During the purchase process, we only got access to 2 units for i...

Question: In New York State, if a house was under contract but didn't end off being purchased (most likely a failed inspection), is a listing agent obligated to disclose to future buyers what happened?

I had a more thorough walkthrough of a house I have under contract today. Because of groundwater ingression via the backyard (another issue altogether), tenants have had to pull up the laminate flooring, exposing ...