Andrew Clarke
Finish Basement or Not?
Hi we recently bought a property that we are planning to renovate and sell. However, the house is situated lower than the other houses in the neighborhood (see picture), so we were worried about the pooling of water a...
Victoria St. James
Do your taxes in CT go up if you finish your basement
Do your taxes in CT go up if you finish your basement, especially if it has a walkout or if you add a legal bedroom or bathroom?
Taylor Jarboe
What do I do? About apartment application, do I ignore it or pay
Me and my friend where looking at apartments. We went to a apartment and looked around then they took us back to the office and we talked about plans and If we’d be interested. So we were interested and they handed us...
Tina Wells
Valuing Basement Square Footage in Comps
Hey Folks!
Can you guys please offer me some expert guidance when it comes to evaluating finished basement square footage in my comp analysis in North Carolina? For example, I have a subject property that has 1682 S...
Chris Carruth
Looking for quidance....selling unfinished flip?
A fellow investor recommended I list a flip that is unfinished. I am considering a sweat equity "credit" off list price when purchased. With purchase price and "value of sweat" being set up front. Anyone done this, in...
Bill S.
My first flip deal under contract
Property is in a great location in a great neighborhood. I am debating on how far to take the renovation at this point. Mainly debating if I should finish the basement (not framed yet). If I do finish the basement ...
Dennis Drury
Basement Dig-Out Cost vs. ROI
Hello All,
I am a new investor out of Philadelphia, looking to do a combination of flipping and landlording.
As many of you probably know, Philadelphia consists of primarily row houses. Many of these houses are over...
Christopher Boggs
To Finish or Not Finish the Basement?
My investment group just picked up our first rental property. It is 1200 sqft bungalow 2 bd, 1 ba single family on the east side of Cleveland, OH in a safe a decent neighborhood. The rental comp research we did determ...
Thomas Travers
New home construction financing
Hello, I'm close to starting the process of Building a home in the Blue Ridge Ga area. We are planning on it being an STR property. By my calculation, we don't have enough to completely finish the project this year. I...
Fred C.
Finishing basement before rental?
Hi BP, wanted to gather your thoughts on what return you'd require on capital used to finish a basement. We'll be doing the majority of it ourselves, and a conservative estimate is $15k with about 20% margin for 750 ...