I have a home built in 1947 on a dirt crawl space with very little clearance. Original part of house was a cottage with two additions built on each side but clearly has settled and original floors are not level. I was...
New buyer here with an offer on Duplex in Bay Area at a great price but inspection came back with the following:
Notable Lean (click for picture)
"This is the view from the dining room. There is a notable lean, as s...
I bought a property six months ago for $250.00 subject to mortgages totaling $275K (2 liens, one lender. I was able to negotiate with the lender and paid off the liens in full for $85K. This wasn't a short sale as I...
I am a landlord and the homeowner next door is suing me for personal injury, claiming a leak from my property caused him to fall and break a leg on his property. My tenant never reported the leak to me and said he fix...
Hey everyone!If you are looking to buy out of state for buy and hold properties, how do you decide if a neighborhood is 'good' or 'bad'? I've tried looking at areas via Google street view, but I know that's probably n...
I bought a condo back in 2009 for $100k even (20% down conventional) as an investment and I stopped paying HOA dues about 2 years ago. Not sure why, to be honest - I guess it sort of slipped.Anyway, they initiated a f...
I am currently in escrow on a four-unit property "house hack", which will be my first real estate purchase. The property consists of three buildings: a duplex, a one-bed one-bath, and a small studio. The foundations...
Working with Lisa Hoover as our investing consultant for 8 days in Sept 2016 has literally changed our lives!She is extremely knowledgeable, caringand very thorough in her diligence to protect us and for teaching us a...
Hello everyone, I am in Delaware and have flipped 6 homes, all successfully, since I began flipping in 2015. They have all been funded with personal cash, except for the last one on which I drew on a personal HELOC. A...
I'm very close on closing a condo in downtown Chicago. The inspection went well but that was for the interior of the condo. I just walked by the condo building yesterday and noticed there are a lot of cracks on the bu...