Hi All- I purchased a property from a Trustee foreclosure sale. The risk of loss (fire, accident etc) passes on to the purchaser from the purchase date. It took me a few days to get in touch with the occupant who was ...

Rebuilding our business after the crash we decided to do much of the work ourselves to keep costs down. I have experience in office administration of both real estate and construction offices, John does project manage...

Closing on a CMX-2 zoned duplex in Philadelphia soon. It has 2 residential apartments and 2 very large rooms with locks in a basement. Would like to know what can we do with this space in the basement? How do we adver...

I'm interested in purchasing a piece of raw land that is about 20 acres using my IRA.  It is currently raw land with no improvements.  I have more than enough in the account to pay for the land - about 4X the cost of ...

NFIP 2.0 - What’s Changing with National Flood Insurance and Why You Should Care.
It’s been a long time coming, but reform to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is on the way.
Risk Rating 2.0 (that’s how w...

I recently had an inspection on a 4plex that I plan to owner occupy. Most of the inspection was really minor stuff aside from a bed bug infestation in 2 (if not 3) of the units. Thankfully the units with the worst of ...

Simple question;  When tenants move out do you always hire a professional carpet cleaning company, or is it cost saving to do it yourself?  Is the work worth the time you save? 

I have a flip that does not have a working A/C unit. I have tight margins so I'm wondering if I should just do a regular A/C replacement or replace it with a heat pump to create a great selling point and maybe even in...

I have a office condo that I'm not using a lot of, since the downturn. I listed to rent a room of it on Craigslist, and got a Web guy who wants to work after hours and weekends trying to start his web based business. ...

My wife and I are thinking about purchasing an older home that is very up to date with the exception of a boiler heating system. Looking for thoughts, opinions and facts as I do not know much about this particular hea...