I have a question that I am hopeful someone here will know.  For tax purposes, the real estate professional designation is something that is very helpful if you are an investor.  Would a home inspector be able to clai...

I am in the process of helping out a potential investor in the design and construction of a few multi-family residential projects in Kansas City. I am being tasked with providing design input as well as all of the doc...

The REO I'm most interested in has a flat roof (that's the only negative that I can see about it). However my insurance agent said she only has two carriers who will write a policy for flat roof. I'm waiting to get mo...

This was a project I did with an out of town investor, the house is in Jacksonville, Florida and he lives on the west coast. Originally he was reluctant to buy the house. It was under contract 2x. He almost talked him...

I am planning to buy a fixer upper and make it a B & B.  I'm torn about using a general contractor vs. doing the general contracting myself.CONs of Hiring a General Contractor:1. They are reputed to suck big time ...

My name is Pablo La Torre, and I have recently graduated from a BSc in Architecture. During my undergraduate studies I have always been interested in Real Estate development because it allows me as an architect to be ...

Every flipper has found themselves at Lowe's for the fourth time in a single day, picking up yet another piece of material for a project. Most investors choose materials on the fly, right as their contractors need the...

I'm 23, with a decent 9-5 job.  I bought one duplex six months ago, and am looking to purchase a 4plex as my next buy/hold investment.  I'll need one more 4plex after this to cover my living expenses with the combined...

I am brand new to RE investing and I just took the Fortune Builder's/Than Merril's 3 day seminar this weekend. They have a hard sales pitch for a $50K education and software. I was very attracted to their home remodel...

We are just about to complete our first spec home - a $650k single family ranch style home with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. I always wanted to build new and despite my almost ten years of remodeling experience there wer...