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Hey everyone, Any Philadelphia investors doing full gut rehabs know how long it takes to have permits pulled/approved for rough-in? (electric, plumbing, hvac)
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Hello,Newbie investor here. I am in the process of putting together my first wholesale, and have what may be a dumb question. The home has what looks to be an unpermitted add-on sun room that the owner built himself. ...
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I approached a real estate company to learn more about how the owner started and to learn his experience with REI. He mentioned that the best opportunities in southeast Nassau county are buy and hold multifamilies, bu...
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I know that there are mixed feelings here about the necessity of permits on work done, but here's our story. We are less than two weeks from closing on our first rental - an owner occupied 2-family. We know that she h...
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I have my eye on an older property (1920s), and after touring the place it became evident that a two-story ADU was built and connected to the original structure. I'm not sure when the ADU was built, but I looked on th...
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Good morning BP Fam. Quick question. I have an investor that purchased a property with several code items lingering which we knew about. What we didn't know about was an open permit from the 80's. Is there a docume...
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I'm looking at a short sale house that has a permit for a glass rear porch built in 2002. Listing agent says permits were not gotten for subsequent updates to that porch and the foundation on the porch now has a crack...
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Thank you in advance for reading. I have a not strictly “black-and-white” question, i.e. I know what the correct answer would be but yet still want your opinion on this.I just got a property and am doing some updates ...
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I recently read that the City of San Jose will be the 1st to allow homeowners to sell their ADU separately from the primary. Makes wonder about property taxes, utilities separation, and many other things. What's every...
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I frequently see properties with non-conforming aka not permitted additions. Specifically, I'm looking at a multifamily property which had a garage, now converted to a studio. It has all the necessaries - kitchen, b...