Joshua Hardy
I own an exclusive easement to my property, can I stop the owner?
I own an exclusive easement to get to my property (which is an island, or an enclave since it's not surrounded by water) this easement is the driveway from the highway to my land. It goes through about 350 feet long,...
Uzma Abdullah
What would you do with $500k? Buy your own house or invest?
Hello BP family - my husband and I are looking for some advice on whether we should buy our own home in Southern California (specifically Orange County) or whether we keep paying rent and invest out of state to build ...
Donald S.
How do you make money flipping?
So, I hope this doesn't come off as whining or complaining. I'm purchasing a property in a few days, an up and coming neighborhood that is rife with rehabs and perfect for flipping.
I'm trying to get my costs estima...
Stephen Lyons
Self Storage Upgrading/modernizing
My dad has a self storage facility with:
1) 15,000 sq/ft warehouse (no environment control)
2) 2,000 sq/ft office with 2 bathrooms and 4 rooms 3) 16,000 sq/ft drive up self storage4) about 40 parking spaces
All o...
Nicholas Standford
How expensive is too expensive for replacement windows?
I have a townhouse built in 1968 with all original windows and im looking to upgrade. Im currently taking bids for th job which comes out to be 26 windows in total and im finding there to be a large swing in the quote...
Michael Adamo
Inherited property in LA, seeking advice from experienced investors
Hello all,
As a single father, I am reaching out to the community for some advice on a property that my sister and I recently inherited in Los Angeles, in the 90036 zip code. The lot is 6500sqft, with a 3 bed 2 b...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Wes Blackwell
Stockton: The Last Bastion of Housing Affordability in California
After my most recent post on Realtor.com projecting Stockton to be the #4 metro market in the nation in 2018, I've received the same question over and over and over again:"But WHY Stockton? What's so great about it? A...
J Scott
Help Me Design My House!
I've had conflicting thoughts about starting this topic, but figured that my real estate life is pretty much an open book anyway, so here goes...
My wife and I are in the process of designing our new house th...
Henry Clark
Self Storage Day to day Constructing a new facility
Day in the life- Constructing a New Facility location
23 June 2020, 08:39 We are starting our 8th and final storage location. I will try to give an update as we go through construction. Although this will be instruct...