I'm going to build a house.  When I worked as a construction manager for a homebuilder several years ago, we ordered the lumber, windows, doors, stairs/railings, garage doors, trim, cabinets, lighting, appliances, van...

aka I've got cold feet.....SFH in pre-forclosure, not bank-ownedOwner is asking 55KRoof is newer, foundation and house are in good shape. Needs a huge cleanup - see my cat pee post - and everything needs to be painted...

I am going to pay my friend's 15 yr old son to do odd jobs on a flip. It will just be things like removing cabinet doors, sanding, changing door knobs, landscaping, cleaning up and all the little tedious time consumi...

I stage all my homes for sale. I have had to adjust to a few new trends over the last decade and a half - mostly color palate (tans a browns changed to soft greens and blues). I am not a designer but I watch some home...

My wife and I are tackling this condo we got for a song because it was in rough shape from a hoarder who had lots of cats. Two days of cleanup and we only have the master carpet/padding to pull out. So far we've found...

After years of doing this, I still get the odd surprise. All of us who do DIY rentals understand that one of our biggest saving points compared to the hands-off investor is the kitchen drain. To hit the high points:1....

Hello, I am a new California landlord whom bought a property 2 years ago with existing tenants. The tenant moved out after living in the house for a decade.
Per the request of the tenant, we performed an initial insp...

To estimate a rehab? I went out and looked at a couple properties today and it took me about 45min to an hour to estimate a house rehab. I felt really slow haha. My Realtor was great about it, but I personally want to...

To help out new investors and the many DMs I've gotten from Californians looking to buy OOS, I have many questions for our experienced investors. I bought from a primary homeowner in Indianapolis metro area who took r...

I am remodeling a small kitchen (70 SF) I have on a house I have under contract right now. The kitchen is old and dingy, and I wanted to change it out so that we can add a dishwasher to the space (there currently isn'...