I currently own a 4 bedroom home with a nonconforming 5th. I'm considering adding an egress window to make the nonconforming room officially a bedroom. Could this potentially increase the value of the home or is it in...

I have an 8-family apartment building and currently do not allow pets.  While I am not having any trouble finding tenants, I have noticed that even though my ad says "no pets", about 70% of the calls I get are asking ...

Hi All,I'm interesting in buying a property has two apartments in second and third floor and a coffee shop in first floor. the zoning code for property is cmx1. my question is that how difficult to convert the first f...

I have been searching the forums and haven't found an answer to the following.  I currently have an SDIRA LLC (checkbook IRA) and invest in real estate part time.  I have a full time W-2 job.  I have 2 questions:1.  D...

I just wanted to know the costs of converting a duplex to a single home. In the area I am trying to buy a house a lot of the victorian colonial and craftsman houses have been turned into duplex or more apartments. I w...

I'm looking at a property that has both a barn and carport-  I would like to convert one or both to a living space and don't have concerns about preserving qualities of the barns interior structure for aesthetic reaso...

Has anyone gone through the paperwork/legal process of converting a Single Family Home into a Duplex? I understand that the process vary depending on the location of the property but I would like to know if any of you...

Hello everyone,
I have a question that I hope to get some help with from the BP community. My fiancé has a condo under his name, which he currently occupies as his primary residence. He also has another condo in a se...

My father and I just bought a 2-Flat with hopes of turning the basement into a legal unit. It has adequate ceiling height and is very big. Has anyone had experience with this type of thing or familiar with the process?

Here's our current situation:
1. Have a single-family home in Florida, purchased in 2005 for 202k
2. Travel for business and don't currently use as a primary residence
3. Planning to invest funds into the home in o...