For those of you experienced in building spec homes in metro Atlanta, could you give me a rough estimate as to the length of the permitting process along with an estimate of the costs/fees involved?  I'm more interest...

Hey BP,Just wanted to give my props to all the great people on this site who have shared the posts, podcasts and blogs that have given me the information and courage to start my first direct mailing campaign. I posted...

I went to the dept of building & safety to ask about the permit process to build a 400 sq ft studio in my back yard so i can rent it out. They told me to get a civil engineer or architect to submit plans. I was un...

I have seen a house on a market for quite sometime. Price has dropped a few times. The listing stated about the foundation issue. I am not sure how serious it is and if it will be able to be fully fixed. Below is the ...

A few questions:How do you scope bids from different foundation contractors when they don't agree to how many piers, etc are needed?   One may say you need only a dozen piers, another recommends 24. Just the cost per ...

Hello family I bought my first property under my name, should I switch it over to an LLC or keep it in my name along with future purchases? I've heard that doing this could cause problems with your mortgage and insura...

One of the main reasons of using LLC to buy properties is to limit the liability. I have heard investors buy each property under different LLC's to further limit the liability to just that property. I think umbrella p...

Hello everyone.  Today I met with a real estate attorney/ title company to build my team. Ask about drafting contracts and to do that would cost $250/hr. That's when in my head I said, s*@t another road block.  I keep...

1st Point: I'm in my earliest stages of reading books, forums watching DVDs etc and learning all that I can about REI. I've narrowed down my goals and motivation to flip houses. After analyzing a potential (deal) prop...

We are in the process of buying a bunch of NPL notes from different sources and a few of the assets arrive with the assignment to the seller (when they purchased the note) unrecorded and it places us in a position to ...