Namit Raisurana
ADU Prefab options in Bay area
Hello, I am considering putting an ADU behind my rental property in East Palo Also. Keeping the setbacks aside, I can build around 40*20 = 800 sf ADU. Keeping rentability in mind, I am trying to do a 2bed/1bath I have...
Aaron Ingram
Quote Architectural Drawings
BP Community,
I have a quote for $7500 for architectural drawings on a rehab we are doing. It's a 1300 sq ft house, we are enclosing the garage and we are also doing a drawing to add a carpoint aside the house. Wonde...
Maria Rigdon
Rules of Airbnb &/or Flipkey
I was just wondering if anyone else might have run into a snag while using Airbnb. Recently I saw a news article about a women who was doing the Airbnb for a room in her house. Turned out later that the city fined h...
Felix Shi
Window Replacement Challenges in San Jose's Historic Inventory
Hello,I'm seeking guidance for a house project in San Jose, located in a city conservation area with historic inventory. The challenge arises as the city permits only true divided lite windows, leading to a cost of $4...
David Lam
Legalizing unpermitted unit and rewiring - insight needed
I'm in the process of legalizing an unpermitted addition to my house. I had a home inspector come and say that the entire house will need to be rewired as it was done incorrectly with knob and tube wiring. Also, the ...
Amy Xu
Anyone has experience in building a house with plan from website?
I am building a house on the lot. I wanted to use the architect but learned that it costs a lot of money. I'm thinking of building a house with the house plan from website. Did anyone have experience with this? Is the...
Surgess Santacruz
Low Voltage Wiring (Security/ Network/Audio/Video)
Hi wanted to get some feed back who are you guys using to wire your flips/ renovations in the area?I've talked to a couple of companies in the area and they are doing for for investors. How are you paying them? How mu...
Jordan Budke
Custom build or Manufactured/Modular On Land?
I'm over here in San Diego County, CA. Real estate is crazy expensive, as I'm sure you all know. It forces us to look for more creative ways to get going. My wife and I are considering buying a plot of land and either...
Steven Joseph Fogarty
FOIA request. How much info do they have to give me?
Howdy. I'm trying to gather as much info as possible on a number of properties I'm considering buying in the midwest. Rather than find and contact each owner, I am trying to gather the information through a FOIA reque...
Joseph Chacko vellukunnel
Strategies on finding good contractors
Hi BP, does anyone have strategies on finding good contractors? especially when working out of state? I recently started looking at permit office records and collating contractor lists to build my own spreadsheet. ...