We are just about to complete our first spec home - a $650k single family ranch style home with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. I always wanted to build new and despite my almost ten years of remodeling experience there wer...

BP community--I went under contract on a north side Chicago multifamily property (4-flat) this week (thanks @Brie Schmidt  ). Basic inspection (thanks @George Foster ) and mold inspection occurred on Wednesday. There ...

As some may know, I've been having some issues with the previous property manager who managed my two 30 unit buildings in Connecticut. I just received the last month's billing (10 days late no less), and they put thro...

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Sorry... I lost the instructions on how to do this more...

I have gotten a lot of positive feedback from my first BRRRR and I am going to document my next project.BRRRR-2 is in Murray Hill.  It is a nicer neighborhood than the first.  This is a solid B neighborhood and is tre...

Fannie Mae house set to close tomorrow and the final walk through discovered all copper pipes have been removed. I want the house, but what do I do. I'm at a lost.....All utilities was on and functional during the app...

I own a 115 year old house that was converted into a duplex when a 2nd unit was added upstairs in the 90s. It was not done well, there is a hodgepodge of 'handyman/diy" work throughout, and I'm trying to decide if we ...

Hi everyone,

I'm new here, thanks for letting me join the discussions.

My question is regarding how I can politely ask one of our tenants to clear possessions from certain areas of their unit. We just had to run a ...

This is a little late starting, but I'll catch up quickly from planning to mid-project in this first post.We have a small house, started off at 750 sq ft when I bought it. I've added a sunroom (in 1995) and extended o...

So, wow.A neighbor next door, let's call her Jewel-EE - seems to be on a mission of sorts.  That mission so far as I can tell is to be as silly and petty as she possibly can be during the process of us renovating the ...