Karen Hu
Buy Land & Get Permits
A newbie here so mind the basic questions. I'm looking to buy land and build a pre-fab cabin for short-term rental in rural WA. How should I get started in something like this? What books can I read? Who should I talk...
Christopher Herrera
No permits but work done
I am looking at this house that has no permits. The garage was converted but we will just convert it back. However I think the master bedroom was once two rooms. It is very long and has two widows with different shape...
Yaping Zhang
harris county zoning and permit
Hi All,I saw a property, it's "state class code" is A1. So based on my understanding, this is for single family. But I saw there's 7 building on the property in hcad. Does this mean 6 of them are unpermitted?I tried t...
Joseph Morales
Building Inspectors, Insurance and Permits
I owned a house for 13 years. It needs a complete rehab. Down to the studs. New Insulation, Electrical System, and some framing issues need to be addressed. The foundation is solid. I started in December and have been...
Leema M.
Building Violations and Permit Process
Hey BP!I’m in the process of purchasing my first real estate investment property in NYC which has an open partial vacate and a couple of ECB violations on the property (work without a permit). It appears that the pre...
Brisa Mejia
Permitting process for adding units
Hello BP friends,
I'm interested in buying a duplex with great potential on the outskirts of downtown, however, the only comps are 4-unit properties. I'm considering adding two additional units for the best ARV and ...
Logan Vierstra
Non-permitted Addition in California
I got a friend trying to sell a house in El Dorado county that he has built a rather large addition onto. He has none of the addition permitted. Hes told me that when he bought it, it was roughly 1000 sq ft, and that ...
Henry Clark
Self Storage/Subdivision- Dirt Permits
No game tonight (Baseball College World Series), thought would knock some posts out. My team LSU meets Florida for best of 3 Saturday/Sunday/Monday if needed. If you're not cheering for LSU, don't read this post.Hav...
Ryan Johnston
Finding past permits for property
I'm working on getting a property under contract right now but I had some permit questions. I know that there's one open expired permit on this property that involves a large tree that needs to be cut down. Not a big ...
Sean Dougherty
Selling with open building permits.
I've got a new build I am just finishing. Due to unfortunate circumstances the permits were pulled as "owner builder". This restricts sale of home for one year from date of final inspection.I do not want to hold on to...