Simon Y Kim
How to make competitive offers!!!
Hello all,
I am fairly new to the real estate investing world but I have been at it for about three months trying to get deals to work out with on-market leads. However, it's been pretty difficult winning a bidding w...
Jamie Blair
Home Inspection Course?
Hi All, I'm considering taking a couple online classes from the St. Lawrence College Home Inspection course, perhaps the Structural Inspection & Electrical Inspections classes to start. I have 2 objectives I would...
Steven Curry
Becoming A Home Inspector - Worth It?
Hello and Merry Christmas BP! Is it worth getting a home inspection license? Can you do an official home inspection on a property you wish to buy? Or is it just good to have to do a quick once-over?Thank you.
Fred Ramos
Raw Sewage treatment
Am currently rehabbing a house and can hear the water gushing under the house (Crawl Space) when toilet is flushed. I'll be cutting into the floor and fear that there may be raw sewage under the house (the leak wasn'...
Tiffany H.
Stinky shower in multi-story condo complex
Hi! We have a frequently stinky shower in a condo, usually in the pm. The smell is coming from the drain and we experienced this previously in a detached house. In that case a plumber determined that there was n...
Harman N.
Rehabbing & Investing During Winter in Cold Weather Markets
Hi all,For those that live and/or invest in cold weather markets -- How (if at all) is rehabbing/construction activity, and investing more generally, possible during the snowy winter months in cold weather markets? Do...
Bryan Coomer
I need coverage on a rental asap.
Value is around $65-70K, Indpls, IN, built 1939, 1900 sq/ft, brick, 2 story, wood burning fireplace, 1 car detached garage, block crawl space. Want to insure for market value and not replacement cost. Had a lapse in c...
Jim G.
cost of retrofit foundation with Simpson strong-tie brackets
For a 1500sf house with crawl space to enforce the foundation with Simpson Strong-tie Retrofit, a contractor quote me $10k while HomeAdvisor.com quote average in my area (zip code) is around $4.5k. Any idea how it sh...
Pavan Krishna
Dead Rodent in HVAC Ducts
In one of my rental homes, some rodents got into crawl space and through HVAC ducts into attic. i'm working with Pest Control to take care of the rodents. my tenants say there is strong odor coming out of the vents ...
Ben M.
Window distance from stove
Hello, I am working on a remodel in San Antonio, TX, and was wondering is there a code/compliance policy on how far a window should be from a stove? We are trying not to have the window right behind the stove but mayb...