Ana Marie B.
Inspection Response Period Over....No Response from Seller Yet
Hi BP Folks! My husband and I are in contract on an investment property as buyers, completed the inspection, and our agent submitted our repair requests timely. Contract specified that seller had 2 days to respond (y...
Joseph Platyan
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal
Hi group,I am looking for advice on analyzing this single family home which would be my first buy and hold property. It's located in Palmyra PA near Hershey. The area has A rated schools, major hospital, low crime, an...
Jason Minnich
What would you do with this electric situation?
Hi everyone, So you might know me from my antics in California and Ohio where I own two long term buy and hold rentals. I live in the houses, I fix up what problems I see and generally try to make them tenant resi...
Jerry N.
City new water service lines
Hoping for some insight perhaps from contractors or big developers who may read this forum. We have two adjacent properties, one of which will be undergoing major rehab and will require a new water service line (due ...
Greg Lovern
Homeowner in foreclosure wants loan to cover reinstatement amt
A homeowner is in foreclosure, with an auction date Friday Feb 8th. I offered to buy the home sub2 for the reinstatement amount, resell, and split the profit, with most of the profit going to him.I haven't found an es...
Henry Holt
How to tell how much electricity is coming into the meter?
I am reading J Scott's Book, The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs, and I am on the electricity section. My question surrounds the electric meter. J Scott discusses examining the service coming into the house, as well ...
Jake Fugman
Water service upgrade - SW suburbs
Hey all, Im rehabbing a home in Countryside, IL and looking for recommendations on a company that does water service pipe upgrades. I need to replace existing 3/4" line with 1"+ from the "B box" in my front lawn to b...
Mark Shelstad
Upgrading residential water service in Chicago
Greetings- I am looking for advice or a recommendation concerning the very high cost to upgrade water service in Chicago. Inspectors are aggressively insisting on upgraded service in many cases where it is not needed....
Shimi T.
"Place in Service" Date for ADU
Hi Tax Pro's, I'm a 'buy and hold' investor & developer with several rental properties, and I'm also considered RE Professional for tax purposes. I purchased a 4BR/2Bth SFR rental property in CA in March 2020. Thi...
Michael Stole
overhead or underground electrical service?
Hi, BPers, I am back with more questions. Now I got several quotes for electrical in my house. One thing strange is some said overhead service while others underground service. How can I figure out who is correct, or ...