We had hurricane damage on our personal roof and had a roofing company work with us through the insurance claim process.  Insurance company gave us 15k.  There was other areas of the house damaged but apparently we ca...

I have a duplex under contract that recently sustained roof damage from a bad hail storm. Should I go with a shingle roof or metal roof? Does one add more value than the other?

This year I sold an older SFH rental (built 1979) I had with no deferred maintenance in Plano TX in order to 1031 exchange it for a similar sized new SFH rental in Melissa TX (built 2021). All cash buy. The older prop...

This is the first house where we are going to paint the exterior, and we need to pick a color. It is a flip, and we pretty much did a full renovation on the interior.

I hired a professional painter, but I need to pic...

I'm looking to buy a rental property in a section 8 neighborhood. The house needs paint among other things. The house is advertised with a new roof, however they put new shingles on the roof but the underlayment looks...

Yep......just what the title says. I'm having a tree removed from one of my properties and the tree company accidentally dropped a limb which hit the roof and made what he described as a "hole" in the roof.  I'm lite...

Hi Everyone,                      I live in the DC metro area where the price of houses are a bit steep. I have been looking at some properties in a college town over a 100 miles away from my home. The properties that...

Whats typical process order on new construction:1.  Plumbing stacks go in after roof is closed in with Plywood but before shingles  (Plumber comes in after Framer but before roofer).  2.  Plumber cuts hole in plywood ...

Hey all, I know there have been a lot of changes in the market in the last 4 years since J Scott revised his book Estimating Rehab Costs. I'm jumping back into real estate looking to secure my first deal - my weakest ...

Just curious. I believe I have picked the route I’m going to take however I wanted others opinions before pulling the trigger. Like the title says, roof is flat TPO style with no crawl/attic. Due to poor ventilation m...