Brian Cremer
What is best way to sound proof between units?
I have an old house that is a 2 unit building, one up and one down. It is currently down to the studs and I am replacing all mechanicals and windows. I have seen some threads on how to finish ceilings to eliminate n...
Boots Bonner
Roof Estimate - Tear off old shingles?
I am replacing a 17 year old roof on a 2-story 1400 sq ft. zero lot line (half a duplex) in Murfreesboro, TN. The roofer wants to tear off existing roof (only 1 layer of shingles) and replace with 3 tab 60 mph rated ...
Jarrett Gilliam
Land Trusts vs LLCs
Hello all. My understand ing is there are three main approaches to asset protection and anonymity. 1) Wyoming(WY) Holding LLC purchases properties and leases them to individual LLCs (Operating Companies).2) The WY Hol...
Zehua Zhou
Is it worth it to set up a Wyoming LLC as holding company
I currently have a WA LLC, with myself being the owner and manager. As a result, in a public search, the governor name would be me.If I set up a Wyoming LLC and modify the Operating agreement to have my WA LLC to be 1...
Nghi Le
Failed Property Inspection
I just received notice from my realtor that my buyers from my first flip in Burien, Washington (SW Seattle area) pulled out of the contract because it failed inspection.Two reasons:- Roof needs to be completely remove...
Rick Baggenstoss
san jose roofing question
My brother-in-law is buying a house in San Jose, his first, and it needs a new roof. He was getting outrageous guesstimates from his agent. 15k for about 18 squares (1200 sf house). In Atlanta, this would be abou...
Sal Flores
Roofing contractor agreement and advise
Hello BP'ersI am almost to start rehabbing a small old duplex, is a 1920's property 1,940 sq. ft, the existing roof it has 3 layers,One of the contractors gave a quote he said, possible some of the wood can be saved ...
Jamie Crou
Groutable LVT tile or ceramic?
Hi fellow landlords! I just purchased a property that is straight out of the 80's pink carpet and all! I was going to do ceramic tile in the bathroom, but stumbled across the new groutable LVT tiles at Lowes (peel and...
Marshall Magnus
Building Science, basement suite soundproofing
Hi all,
I wanted to talk about soundproofing and see what the community thinks about noise separation between units.I am currently developing a legal basement suite in a single-family house in Edmonton Alberta, the h...
Gabrielle Martin
Mortgage Company Didn’t Pay Taxes
Hi BP Fam!Over the weekend I received two delinquent tax bills from LA county for 2016-17 and 2017-18. Totaling of about $2K.I found this odd because my mortgage bank is setup to pay for the taxes and ,per my escrow, ...