Dear Forum Reader,I learned about a home being foreclosed on soon.  It will be listed by the bank late this month.  My interest in the home at this time is for a potential wholesale deal.  If I get a verbal from the o...

Has anyone done this or considered doing this?

I currently live in a condo, have been living in it since 2001. I've already put quite a bit of money into it, as it was a fixer upper and still needs thousands ...

This is the situation. My wife and I would like to purchase the house next door to ours--an 1865 brick two family--an exact twin to ours (ours was converted to a large one family years ago).

It was last purchased in ...

I am getting a house on land contract of sorts. It's a bit complicated, but I will try and explain. The house is basically abandoned, so I found the owner and have been in negation with her. The home is a 3 story hous...

Closing on my first home a a couple weeks!So here's the deal...I got the home inspected, and it's in good shape.  A few things came up though1)  Front Porch was separating (not the foundation)2)  Rear Left Gutter/down...

My primary house needs major repairs and I have been planning to fix and rent it out. I moved out of the house 5 months ago so repairs could be done. The repairs will be over $40,000. Should I do this as the owner of ...

How often do septic tanks back up to where the owner is forced to do something about it, say with sewage backing up in to the yard or the basement?I realize the answer is “it depends” but here is more information. The...

A two story 2500sqft house in Austin/Pflugville, built in 2016. The house looks beautiful but disclosure indicate it had major foundation repair this year (36 piling installed). Foundation engineer did a check and sai...

I have some fairly minor cracks in the basement ceiling of my 1970's home. The ceiling type is popcorn. I have read that it's normal for older homes to settle over time, creating some cracks. How should I go about sea...

Popular opinion (at least in and around Pittsburgh) is that a home that has had wall anchors, etc installed frightens most buyers and therefore requires a price reduction.I'm looking at something that could be good, i...