Hey BP!Just got an inspection report back on a SFH in the Midwest and I have some questions.The house is a single level with no basement and a crawl space which houses the ductwork and structural members.The report tu...

Closing on my first home a a couple weeks!So here's the deal...I got the home inspected, and it's in good shape.  A few things came up though1)  Front Porch was separating (not the foundation)2)  Rear Left Gutter/down...

Recently had turn over in one of our newly renovated apartments. It is a small space <700 sq. ft. and not HVAC. The tenant had complained about "dust" and waking up with black phlegm, etc. She was our second tenant...

Not you getting tested...getting the building tested!

As a Home Performance Expert I run into many situations of uncomfortable, unhealthy, and too often unsafe indoor home environments. When it comes to getti...

I am looking to make my first rental home purchase, and I just got the inspection back for this 2 bed/1 bath home that I have under contract. The home is about 70 years old so I was expecting a rough report, but the m...

I bought a 3/1 1250 sqf home and there's an attached shed with finished roofing right beside the guest room and you can see how the framing is attached to the home. It's on a concrete slab. It's about 100 sqf.  The ...

I'm in the process of buying a property ($70,000 in Quad Cities region) that has a really weird basement situation going on. First, the house is over 100 years old, four beds and one full bath, so the quality of the b...

Hello! In the process of purchasing a multi family that has an illegal 3rd bedroom in the attic of one of the units. I'd like to make it legal so that we can rent it out but am struggling to determine if it is possibl...

I'm looking at a 3BR SFH built in 1996 to hold as LTR or possibly flip.  It currently has two finished rooms in the basement, neither of them with a proper egress window.  The larger of the two rooms is pretty big and...