Hey All! Curious if anyone has insight or experience with buying a 2-Flat property in Chicago with a finished basement that is not technically a legal unit. My plan would be to live in the basement unit and rent out t...

Looking to purchase my first multi-family home. As a landlord can I legally live in a finished attic or basement and rent the 1st and 2nd floor of a 2 family house in NJ?

If so, whenever the landlord has to use a phy...

In a previous life I was a licensed realtor (currently inactive). As a GC, I’m now focusing on rehabbing SFRs in middle class neighborhoods. I’m meeting with my favorite “mortgage chick” (as she calls herself) to...

When it comes to the design process of rehabbing a property, what is your work flow for choosing finish materials? Of course you don't want to be the best or the worst property in the neighborhood, but once you see th...

Anyone with knowledge of basement waterproofing in baltimore city rowhomes who cares to opine on whether they think this is a major red flag or not? The rowhome property I have under contract has a finished basement -...

I am closing on my 5th house, which is my 7th deal, on October 17th and my plan is to renovation and sell it. I'm buying it from another investor who started writing about it in his BP blog but I won't share those det...

I finally finished my 2nd rehab. I started it on 7/2. It took WAY too long! I learned a lot as it basically needed a little bit of everything.... foundation, electrical, plumbing, HVAC. I ended up being in it t...

I am very interested in hearing from investors in markets similar to mine, which is greater Boston. The standards in my area are generally high, as greater Boston is relatively affluent. Don't misunderstand me, most t...

On new construction, what brand paint are you using? What finish do you use? (flat, velvet, etc.) @Todd Whiddon @Lynn Currie @Will Barnard@Kenneth Bell@J Scottand others of course! Please weigh in. 

So long story short, I hired a contractor to do a whole house partial renovation back in June, project was slated to take five weeks and complete on August 7. It is still not done. My contract says that I pay him 50% ...