Daniel Claroni
Run to or run from bowing foundation and foundation issues?
So I've been running into a lot of houses lately that have bowing foundation walls or other foundation problems (in my case it has mainly been from frost heave and poor grading on the exterior of the house) and have b...
Melissa N.
Replace water heaters?
Hello all,We are closing on a 12unit next month. The inspection showed there are 8 water heaters that are near double life expectancy (so they are 10 year water heaters but some are 18 years old). Would you replace th...
Francesco Adriatico
Rental has terrible carpeting flooring and Landlord won't fix it
Hello everyone, Last month, I started renting a semi-basement in a building in New Jersey. When I moved in, the apartment heating was not working and I had to fight with the landlord and threaten him to not pay rent i...
Michael King
Question on building inspectors
I ordered a building inspection for a 4 plex in St. Louis that I'm buying. At the time of booking, I asked if a roof inspection was included, which was an important deciding factor in using this particular company. ...
Melissa Villegas
Do I compensate tenants for issues that go wrong with the rental?
Hello and thank you for taking the time to consider my question.I have a SFH that is currently under an 18 month lease. It's a 40-year old home, and since the tenants have occupied it we have had a few maintenance is...
Nicholas Miller
Trash or treasure?... locked up since 1985 this could be the ugliest thing i've ever seen! what do you think?
It was like walking though a time capsule only with mold and piles of what might be trash or could be treasure. This home has not been lived in since 1985 and the owner wants $5k to walk away. I have good reason to...