Does anyone recommend a real estate consultant? I need some serious advice on some things and nobody on bigger pockets has any idea how to help.

I recently purchased a multi-use building. It has 3 apartments and a commercial space on the bottom. I do plan on moving my office into the back of the commercial space (we own real estate and restaurant franchises), ...

Does a commercial build-out of offices in an office/retail space have any bearing on cap rate? For example, suppose I had an appraisal conducted with a proposed floor plan of a building I'm renovating after a fire wit...

Hi everyone,Hope you all are having an amazing weekend. My wife and I saw a multi unit that we really liked today. Biggest problem is that the basement unit is not legal. I did some research and think it’s pretty clos...

I'm purchasing a duplex with a 3rd floor that is mindblowing. Very spacious! I understand that I legally cannot rent it out as a 3rd apartment because it's a legal 2-Family, which is probably why it was never fully fi...

Hi BP Community,My wife and I are rehabbing our bathroom in our first rental. We've replaced the toilet and have removed a small section of rotted subfloor with sheet vinyl flooring on top and replaced it with LVP. We...

Hello everyone,I am house hacking an up and down solid brick triplex, with a very large underground basement. I want to put a home gym in one of the basement quarters. My workouts often include deadlifting, and I am c...

Hey everyone,
I am nearing completion of renovations on my first rental property in the Metro Detroit area of Michigan. The home is a bilevel and the first floor has a near perfect cement floor. I've been looking int...

Just wanted to share the buy-and-hold that has served as my accidental entry into real estate investing. I consider it an ongoing project, as there are additional renovations and hopefully even major changes in the fu...

We're considering investing in a 3 story historic building in Texas, in an up and coming downtown.  Currently the building is gutted but has great bones.  We have an architect who's helped us draw up plans for convert...