I have been trying to find a rental in Austin and numbers are way off. Thinking of moving to nearby cities. What is your experience of this market as well as Temple.

I am buying an old house built in 1953 that has problems. The house is slightly settling in the back and the plumbing is "iffy". It's basically a lemon and if I get an inspection performed, it will not pass. That bein...

I have two questions: First, what is the difference between an real estate agent and a real estate broker?  My second question is if i have a real estate company where i have a sales specialist that will be selling th...

Hello BP!We are considering purchasing a distressed home - it has a pretty bad mold problem. We planned on gutting the entire house down to the studs anyway - my question is will this go a long way to solving mold iss...

Finally making some headway.  Historic Land Use Review process in Portland was PITA, but we settled on a great design and I'm happy with plan.  Four layer roof tear off is a hot mess, literally.Framing/MEP inspections...

Hello BP Community, The time has come for me to deal with one of my biggest real estate fears... rehabbing, and specifically rewiring, a cigarette smoke-filled home. Hopefully, at the end of this journey I will view t...

Hi everyone,Thanks in advance for anyone who reads and answers and thank you all for the community as I very much enjoy reading the forums and listening to the podcasts.  My fiance and I purchased a small Buckhead con...

Hello BP, just posted this to my website and thought this might be helpful for some of you out there. Tenants will not always let you know:While many tenants are notorious for requesting maintenance on every little ...

Farmed a lead from my marketing. Turns out the owner is deceased, so I will be buying from his children. His children want to sell, the house is distressed, vacant. Get the property under contract for 16k. Tax Apprais...

Hey Everyone,I live and work in the San Francisco Bay Area.Houses here are expensive (relative to many other parts of the country) and require significant amounts of capital tied up in a down payment.I was looking to ...