Roy N.
First Maritime Post - NS Forum
Since we now have Provincial sub-forums on BP, I am going to suggest we collapse them as follows:- Atlantic Canada- Québec- Ontario- Prairies & the North- British Columbia My argument for the collapse is there are...
Eric Gutierrez
Main Drain Cleaning
Anyone have any thoughts on having the main drains professionally cleaned at rental properties to help minimize the risk of a backup? 2 of my properties are early 1900s vintage and the 3rd is mid 50s. I have no i...
Shawn Oh
$270 to $400 for Builder's Risk Insurance on $405k rowhouse in DC
Hello,I have a row house in Petworth, DC that I will be purchasing for $405k, looking at ARV of $675k, and wanted to know how much I should be paying for Builder's Risk Insurance and if these are adequate coverage.The...
Karl Lueders
Underwriting guidelines for conventional loans on condos
Do the underwriting guidelines vary based on the bank? And when there's an MI company involved, I get the feeling that MI guidelines are even tighter. Should I assume that unless you're 740+ with 20% down, that you wo...
Andrew Saus
HELP! 120+ Year old plaster with multiple layers of wallpaper and paint!! Fixes..?.
Hello friends!Has anyone had experience with this? I bought a rental property and am debating skiming over the bubbling portions, or just drywalling over everything - since there is a TON of bubbling/bowing from the w...
Clive Smith
Parent and child llc tax question
Parent llC in wyoming - 50% owned by me and 50% owned by my spouse
Child LLC in North Carolina - 100% owned by parent LLC
We brought one 5 unit property in NC in 2021 using Child LLC name as owner and paid cash.
P...
Kevin Jorgensen
The steady decline of purchasing power
Home Chair Market Analyst here. I thought I"d play around with some of the data out there to get an idea if I should buy now or later. Mortgage rates have done an admiral job of staving off the pain of ever increasing...
Kaye Rae
Weathering the 2007/2008 Bust and Comparing It to Today
Hello All,
This is my very first post, so thanks in advance for your patience! I looked around on the forum but didn't quite find an answer to my question. Back in the 07/08 housing bust, I was in my early 20's and o...
Julien Amparan
Should I be waiting for a crash?
The other day I was helping my brother-in-law pick up some furniture and I got to talking with the woman he was buying it from. The woman said she was a property manager and real estate agent so I told her that I had ...
Tarik Griffith
Rookie Investor in need of rehab advice
Good afternoon BP, I'm currently lookin for advice on how to renovate property that was left to me. I have 2 two story properties adjacent to each other that are currently vacant and uninhabitable, the roof is collaps...