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Economic Update
(Monday, February 15, 2021)
I was never a big believer in “Herd Immunity” until now. The term “herd immunity” represents a hypothetical threshold of our population that needs immunity to the coron...
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Hello spec home builders,I was wondering if you could review my breakdown of a potential deal I was looking at. It involves purchasing a piece of land to build a spec house. Let me know if I'm missing something in m...
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First...after a 1 year battle with Cancer my mother passed away...another year has gone by getting our lives back together, kids graduating college, etc. Many of you offered kind wishes and it was well appreciated. Th...
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My son is a senior in high school. His post high school plans the last couple of years was to get his real estate agent license, with the ultimate goal of investing. Those two things remain the same. Now he is in a po...
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Hello, I was really excited about the prospect of purchasing a STR (my goal was one in Breckenridge and one in Hilton Head) to be able to use a couple times a year personally and then use as a STR the rest of the year...
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I am looking into purchasing a single family home ,and converting it into a duplex ,and a 2 car garage into a ADU what type of loan is recommended ?
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Hello BP community!I'm in a whirlwind this week, and in some research this evening, i found this site and found a lot of good information and context for my thinking/planning. mostly i am looking for a sounding board...
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Hello, I am currently in the prices of closing on a fixer upper in the St.Louis,MO area.The home is approximately 2 story 950 sf and currently has knob and tube wiring throughout.I spoke to a electrician who said he ...
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I'm in the process of legalizing an unpermitted addition to my house. I had a home inspector come and say that the entire house will need to be rewired as it was done incorrectly with knob and tube wiring. Also, the ...