Brandon Hicks
Would you buy a building with a dry cleaner in it?
I may be looking at a building next week where there is established dry cleaning business in about half the building. The other half is a retail shop. Are there legitimate environmental concerns?
Nichole Catalano-Miller
Residential Flip next to old dry cleaners?
Hey Folks,Looking at an otherwise solid REO buy (for flip) on what appears to be a corner lot- come to find out the yard "on the corner" is a parcel owned by the next door neighbor and is "possibly contaminated"... fo...
Michael Ross
Commercial Property Environmental Audit
Hi,Back in 2013 I purchased a small commercial property without getting an environmental audit. It was a foreclosure and rushed deal. I’ve since heard about some environmental issues on an abutting property. I now ...
Steve Olafson
Shoutout to Joel Owens
@Joel OwensI find it amazing that there are so many people willing to help others is such a selfless fashion. This forum is a prime example. I am looking at retail properties these days. I have been learning but am...
Jose Gonzalez
Business or first rental property ?
Hello BP community,A little about myself, my name is Jose and I’m from NYC originally but been living upstate NY since 2017 when I bought my first house. I have a great job that allows me to have a comfortable life, p...
Griffin Smith
Former Dry Cleaners- Pollution Risk?
I am considering purchasing a building in Florida that used to be a dry cleaners. It stopped operating over 5 years ago, but it still has to be tested for potential pollutants. Nothing has come up yet, but I'm concern...
Carmelo LoPresti
National Retail Tenants - New York City
Hello,
I'm researching information on the process of attracting a national retail tenant on a 4 story brownstone in midtown Manhattan.
It would be a ground floor commercial space, approximately 1,000 SF with a small...
Angela Ding
Multiple Commercial AC vents and unidentified vents outside of condo window
HI - I'm considering buying a small condo in Manhattan but the window is facing multiple unidentified vents, seller told me it's all AC vents from 1 restaurant and 1 dry cleaner business on the ground floor. I'm conce...
Eliot M.
If You Could Do It All Over Again with $100k
If you had $100k to invest, and knowing what you know now, how would you go about investing it? Would you max out your 10 mortgage limit and buy numerous smaller properties that cash flow, or would you go big and plop...
Keanu Wapples
laundromat as a investment
Has anyone ever purchase a property with a laundromat in it. If so how was your experience I'm looking into purchasing a property with a laundromat as a investment. Just wanted to know if anybody has done it before.