Noah Barba
when to test for lead paint?
Hey Everybody, after finding a potential fix and flip, I noticed mold and asbestos. That got me thinking about lead based paint. This is a house build in 1930 in Garden City, MI. What are the chances this house is cov...
Jason Zeiner
Luxury Vinyl Plank or Refinished Hardwood Floors?
I have just begun on my first property renovation and my initial plan was to install LVP in the entire first floor and install new carpet on the stairs and second floor. That was until I pulled up a corner of the carp...
Peter Hynes
New Real Estate Investors - What Entity?
Hi folks. New to the site and new to real estate investing (although I just finished with The Book on Rental Property Investing).My uncle (age 57) and I (age 48) want to start investing in residential single-family r...
Andrew Griffin
FHA 203k Standard Loan and Lead Based Paint
I'm buying an old duplex built well before 1978. It's not a HUD Home. My financing is FHA 203k Standard Rehab loan. The plan is to do rehab throughout the property. It has chipping paint around the exterior of windows...
Nick Louie
Going Under Contract While Seller is Renovating
Hi BP Community,I just offered on a property in Brooklyn, New York that is in the process of going through a full gut renovation and being flipped. The property is a two-family. It is off-market, so there is no compe...
AJ Wong
It's HOT! Investors escape to the cool, green Oregon Coast for climate safe STR's
Part of the reason I invested in the Oregon Coast in 2018 was I thought to myself, "In twenty years this is going to be a great escape."
My intuition served me well just two years later when the Pandemic hit, we fled...
Franddy Aguasvivas
Vinyl Siding Vs. Painting
Hi Biggerpockets Community!
I am pretty close on having an offer accepted on a huge 3 fmly, 9 bdrms, 3 bthrms, 4,600 sq. ft. house in Dorchester, MA. The outside it's totally distressed with old, ugly, flaky...
Brian Burke
Cat Litter House: Flip # 653 and it could be the worst one yet. Look at the pics and you decide.
Some flips are easy...paint, carpet, clean, and list. Then there are the hard ones. I've never posted a diary of a flip before. With over 600 flips under my belt I sometimes think that I've seen it all. Then I see...
Stef Klynn
NH owner occupied triplex insurance nightmare.
Am I the only triplex owner living in insurance hell? Is it NH?
Three years ago my insurance company demanded that I get a licensed electrician inspection. $550 down the drain, results = 1 jumper to hold ground i...
John Hodson
When is a cracked foundation a bigger expense than the house?
Hi BPers!I'm getting close to close on a property and there are cracks in the foundation that the inspector found. I'm asking the inspector for a more detailed analysis of these cracks so I can decide if the foundatio...