I plan on adding a paved patio to our home, which would count as a capital improvement. Estimates hover around $30K. I priced the materials at around $5K. If I do the work myself, can I somehow claim $30K when it come...

I started a post regarding obtain licensing in DC and got great information. However, the post got flagged and removed by BP so I am trying to continue with the post here. I think the last comment on the post was from...

Here's a question for you -- anyone out there start a financing company for home-improvement projects?For example, a company that would offer siding contractors the ability to finance siding projects with a lien on th...

We have a seller lead looking to sell their home later in 2020 to free up cash for a construction loan to build a new home that will then be their personal residence. After the sale, the couple wants to rent the prope...

Hi all,

I'm Cliff. I'm stationed out here in California, hopefully for the next 5 years I probably won't know that for sure until the second half of the year. I work in the Cartography field for the Marine Corps.

I ...

Should I be doing showings/viewing if I'm still a year out? I'm asking because I would love to go an actually walk around and see what is typical. What I found is most properties on the MLS don't have many interior pi...

Looking for answers about HELOC live in California With the new tax law in 2019 My husband and I have enough equity in our house to pull out a HELOC was wondering if it’s still taxable if we use it towards the purchas...

Good afternoon everyone! I want to formally introduce myself. I have this information on my profile, but I am excited to meet everyone and absorb as much information as possible. I am a former Marine, and curr...

Coming to you from Los Angeles.  Need advice.
We've lived in our house for almost 10 years, during which we have grown about $600k in equity.  We just pulled out $200k with a HELOC with the intention of doing some ho...

Ok so I did my first brrr - 2 r left.... Ok so I used a HELOC from my CA home interest rate 5.9 ten year for down and rehab. So I purchased and rehabbed with all bank's money. 30 fixed 5.5 / HELOC 5.9 -10year. I have ...