Matt Williams
1920s Balloon frame house - Need to Knows, tips, advice, warnings
Just got to the point in the demo of this 1920s 1.5 story house, where I into the walls enough to see that this is a balloon framed house. My knowledge of house framing is based on how we do things today. I had never ...
Shawn Mcenteer
Preventing noise between 1st floor unit and 2nd floor unit
I live in duplex MFR, units are on top of each other. Floors are very old, 3" wide fir installed directly to floor joists. I specializes in wood flooring so installing, sanding etc would be done by myself. I want to...
Steven J.
How would you fix burst pipes in cold ND?
Those who have dealt with this type of a problem I would LOVE to hear what I can expect in repairs!I picked up a mobile home and after pipes froze and thawed some of the pipes burst. So far, I've located a leak at the...
Tyler D.
What would you do with this property?
I recently bought two 4plexes for a pretty sweet deal. 100k. Both are in a small town which is why I got the deal, and are mostly 1/1s. Both are converted SFH and have a single meter, so the old landlord was paying fo...
Joni Martin
In contract with my first rental property
My husband and I are in contract with our first rental property in Deland Fl. Home inspection has my husband wanting to get out of contract. The home does not have insulation in the attic. Cost is $1500. Plus some ot...
Devin Berrian
Rehabbing a large 1910 2-family home
Hi all, I am soon to close on my first deal - a 2800 sf legal two-family home in the City of Poughkeepsie, NY. The basics:Build in 19103 BR 1 bath in each unithardwood floors are OK, need to be refinished but definite...
Joseph Hammel
condensation on metal roof
I cant figure out what forum to put this under. I own a 16 unit apartment building in Hammond Minnesota near Rochester. It had a flat rubber roof over about 2/3 of the building. It was needing replacement and as more ...
Jim G.
backyard/sideyard storage shed
Want to build a sideyard storage shed. The SFH is located in Northern CA Bay Area. ideal size would be 8'x18'. Need to be insulated and may have windows and door (rolling garage type of door is ideal). Can I use pr...
Johanny Candelario
Making a reasonable offer
My husband and I have been searching for homes, we found one that we both really liked. We liked it so much that we went to see it twice and even contemplated on making an offer. After talking about it a bit more we d...
Sam Zawatsky
New roof options/ cost efficiency
I am needing to purchase a new roof for one of my rentals so I can get insurance, and have been given a couple of options;
1.) shingle tear off and replacement with Tamko architectural shingles- $6850
2.) the above ...