I had a more thorough walkthrough of a house I have under contract today. Because of groundwater ingression via the backyard (another issue altogether), tenants have had to pull up the laminate flooring, exposing ...

Hi - Looking for some advice on the best way (and cost estimate) to de-foliate an overgrown property in East Texas.  Grass is overgrown and unrully. Vines and ivy in chain link fence ect.  Some stuff on house.  I'm fr...

Hi Everyone,I'm currently in negotiations on a triplex in Monmouth County, NJ that has an operational underground oil tank. I have a contingency in place for the soil test to ensure there is no contamination, but as i...

This place has some issues nothing that frightens me except this foundation problem.  This is a very good deal for the area.  I put in an offer a few weeks back but lost out to someone else.  That buyer backed out and...

I feel that this is a series of stupid questions, but I’d like to get multiple opinions.

I am in the process of buying a piece of land located in Southern California. It is in an area where land is high valued a...

     Let me paint a picture of how I, (a 37 year old fairly even keeled man) am feeling. You know how when you take a teenage girl to a pop concert and their favorite guy comes on stage they have a melt down of jumpin...

I am under contract to buy a commercial building and am planning to convert it to a 20 unit apartment complex.  The environmental phase 1 analysis came back with a number of issues.  The site was once an auto repair s...

I have had two opinions when company went in crawl space for foundation settling in the kitchen on 1969 built house.   The floor has settled over time 1 inch over a 10 ft span.  Trying to figure out if this is natural...

An empty vineyard farm will cost me almost the same as a ready-made farm (until planting and everything is in place). And for that, the young vines will take from 2 years to start bearing fruits while the ready-made w...

I understand it varies but if you have a .5-1 acre infill lot what would be your average lot prep expenses?  How much would you add for not being level or if treed lot?  Thanks!