I have a property on lake Travis that I would like to build. The main obstacle is that the lot is  nearly 20' below the floodplain and would require some significant stilts. There are many houses built this way in the...

This may be a dumb question but I haven’t been able to fine a suitable answer. If I add French doors or a sliding door to a bedroom to the back yard does it convert the bedroom to something else? Someone remodeled thi...

After lots of research over the last few months my wife and I have decided to move out of California and really focus on getting our real estate business started. We have decided on the Kansas City area because of the...

Hi all,I have been working with many contractors in the bay area and have not had very good experiences with most of them.  The one's i have had good experience with have tripled their pricing or arenot available for ...

Hi, My name is Michelle, I live in Katy, TX outside of Houston. I'm a full-time engineer, wife, and mother of 4. I'm new to BiggerPockets, what an awesome resource! I started my real estate venture back in 2010 whe...

Hey guys we have recently had our offer accepted on a listing in Cleveland and received our home inspection agreement. In it, it covers a vast majority of items but noticed optional add ons: radon, termite, surface/ai...

I'm planning to sent out my first mail campaign, and I've been doing a lot of research on lead programs. Ive read nothing but bad reviews about Rebogateway and Listsource. I'm stuck as to what would be a good system f...

Hi BP community! My husband and I recently purchased a new home in Southern Missouri that has a large shop w/ apartment on it. A CPA I met with discouraged us renting it and encouraged classifying it as a home office ...

Good Morning BP Members - I would like to know if anyone has any experience/insight/reading material/references they are willing to offer when building new multi-family properties. I'm planning on building on a quadpl...

We are in the process of bidding on a property that our attorney has reviewed and realized is within a 100 ft of wetlands and as result we will need to run nearly every decision through the committee for conservation ...