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My GC just notified me that the Baltimore City electrical inspector wants him to install (a) hard wire smoke detectors, (b) GFIs, and (c) replace electrical wiring in the entire two-unit building. The building is old,...
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An interesting case rose in the state of California this year regarding a bankruptcy lawyer who utilized DocuSign for many official legal documents. Paul Bains, the lawyer who leveraged DocuSign for bankruptcy petiti...
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Hi all,I am new to bp. I am looking to invest in 2-4 unit soon and house hack in the Bay Area. What do you think about West Oakland vs Vallejo vs SF? I can see good opportunity in Oakland (looking specifically at op...
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Hi,I had an idea from someone who said he worked for an investor that used this strategy for building a real estate portfolio and was wondering has any one else tried this or even have thoughts about it.What the did w...
I'm looking to buy a home to airbnb an efficiency/in-law suite but was advised that Dade county is too restrictive and difficult vs Broward county. Can anyone shine some light on why that might be? I know that in Miam...
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Several months ago I filed a BBB claim about the flooding in the 930 Poydras "luxury" apartments in New Orleans. Since then my neighbors and I have experienced more of the same. When some of us dared to report such ...
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Have several tenants not paying. Not paying rent to the landlord is quite honestly not fair and unscrupulous in many situations. I have tenants that are borderline laughing at me because I cannot do anything and they ...
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Does anyone know how Westchester County defines an in-law suite? Is this a legal description or just a marketing term? What separates this from a "regular" unit? There is surprisingly little detail on the internet ...
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Hello,I recently bought my first investment property in Austin,TX. I bought the home for more than it appraised for in the CAD due to neighborhood comps. I recently received a notice to protest the appraised value of ...
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In case anyone wasn't aware, Providence's new regulations on AirBnB and other short-term rentals will go into effect November 30th, 2019.See the short-term rentals page in the City's Planning department website for a ...