I attended a few real estate workshops. Almost all speakers emphasized the need for asset protection, and that the best way to do this is through ownership via an LLC. Following their advice I titled my 2 rental prope...

Hey all,I recently bought a single family property that in the past had foundation problems.  Those problems have all been taken care of, but the cosmetic damage to the walls is still present.  At some places the crac...

Just ripped out the old carpets and have all these annoying staples that are ridiculously labor intensive to remove. Do you know of an easy way to remove them? I'm prepping the floor for vinyl installation.  I'm think...

I have a solo 401K. From what I understand; I can use the account to purchase properties so long as I use a non-recourse loan as I am not allowed to personally guarantee a loan using the account. I'd love to know if a...

@Gail White wrote in an earlier post:I have made an offer on a house where there has been a very heavy smoker living for a number of years. The originally white popcorn ceiling is now yellow over the entire surface. T...

Hi,I am a landlord and a tenant and I've had a situation where my son, I think, who's two, locked an internal door, after which I found that we were never issued a key for.  We were given keys and told they were for a...

I am putting an addition on an old house that has 8" floor joists. For various reasons, it's very problematic to change the ceiling height between the original house and the addition. However, the smallest engineered ...

Hey everyone, just purchased a building. I'm not 100% sure what the walls are made of.. Seems like they could be plaster but I'm not sure. Anyways, I'd like to update some things in this place and the ugly baseboards ...

Happy New Year to BP Nation!!My aunt has a 2 families house that worth 1 million;  1st fl (detached w/ 1 car garage) had been converted to 3 small 1 bd room units ( illegal conversation :(  ) .  She would like to pull...

The latest Fannie Mae sale was for 3,400 loans. The prices seem crazy and still trending up.Goldman Sachs  808  loans with a total UPB of $127,716,108. The weighted average broker’s price opinion loan-to-value ratio i...