Deonte Hill
New Construction in Flood Zone
Good morning all,thank you in advance for your input. I am looking to do my first deal and have decided to go the route of building a duplex. I am faced with a decision of paying 50k> to purchase a lot in a regulat...
Daniel Sisto
Pulling Permits
When will a permit needed to be pulled? for what areas of the job? and what are the requirements that a permit be pulled for work? Any advice will help. Thanks
Michael H.
Dallas - Obtaining Permit
I’m in the process of renovating a property. I am having my contractor do all of the work who is not licensed. This will be a house I will be flipping. Most of the work is cosmetic except for 2 things: removing a 8 ft...
Rudy Manna
Build two houses
I own a rental property in Seattle. The house is in Ballard location which is desirable one. The house in a 5000 sqft lot.Quite a few builders in my block bought houses and then build two houses after tearning down th...
Joseph Woodley
0.8-acre parcel for sale
Hello all,There is a 0.8-acre parcel for sale in Lexington, KY that is slated for 8 townhomes, inclusive of a garage for each and extra off-site parking. The asking price is $180,000 and I’m wondering what factors to ...
Gareth Fisher
Fire Sprinkler Systems
I recently put an office building under contract at a good price. The plan was to convert it from an office building to a 4 unit apartment building. It had plenty of parking and the building was in decent shape. D...
Michael Mueller
Accessory tool shed on hillside in Los Angeles
What are the requirements to build a tool shed less than 120 sqft in a hillside backyard in Los Angeles?I gather that an accessory building less than 120 sqft is exempt from building permit, but must still be construc...
Richard Wu
Insurance for contractors
For a restaurant buildout in your own property, what type of insurance do you need from contractors that will protect you? What if some contractors did work without the proper insurance, how to protect from future law...
Henry Clark
Self Storage- Fire Marshal considerations
Response to a person about to build in Louisiana, on how to navigate Fire Marshal items.Actually being from Northwest Louisiana, the way to navigate the Louisiana Fire Marshal is to give them a Fifth of Whiskey and a ...
John Wanberg
RH-3 Zoning
I am doing some due diligence on a deal to buy a SFR in U-RH-3 zoning in Denver. This allows for an auxiliary structure (so potential to turn the detached garage into a carriage house... permitting dependent). At th...