Noah Love
4-Unit Propane Heat - Adding Meters
Hi All,I've been a longtime reader of these forums and they've helped my fiancé and I tremendously since we started searching for a 2-4 unit last year. This week we finally pulled the trigger on a 4-unit property in N...
Benny Cash
Is knocking down a dining-kitchen wall worth it for an open plan?
This is my first full rehab! How exciting is this!I am rehabbing a small 1950's cape that I feel has a really good potential but like many capes of its vintage it has a pretty claustrophobic floor plan downstairs with...
Marcus House
Advise on a multiunit for Sale
Hello everyone. For 10+ years I have been total focused on single family homes for rentals and considering to step my toe into the multifamily space (all as an out-of-state owner). This property is FSBO and the deta...
William Coet
Clogged Main Sewer Line, Vacating Four Apartments. Insurance??
Hello,
The sewer line is not accessible from a basement or crawl space. Removal of floor in apartment is necessary and the project will take a week or so. Will insurance cover the cost of replacement and the cost o...
Pamela Rickey
Should I lose a bedroom so make bigger closets, etc.?
I am in the process of buying my first house to flip. It has 2,000 sq. ft. and was built in 1921 in a neigborhood that has been gentrified. Mostly Yuppie couples. Most of the houses that have been remodeled sell fairl...
Marq Lee
Finanincing a Mixed Use Shell in Philadelphia
So I'm looking to secure financing on 3 story mixed-use building in Philadelphia. The asking price for the building is 98K but I'm sure I can get the seller down to 85-90K. I'm able to put 25K down. The ground floor ...
Marsha Rost
Renovating a duplex that is listed as SF on county records
I have found a good deal on a house that was built in 1910. It was a single family home that was turned into a duplex and the conversion must have happened a long time ago. However it is still catagorized as single fa...
David A.
Not Sure What to do with Downstairs Floorplan...
So I'm about to close on a house that is currently a 3/1.5. I'm expanding that .5 on the ground floor into a full bath, but I don't know if I should turn the room that the entrance is in into a small master bedroom (w...
Shane Setzer
Evicting someone from a non-conforming 3rd floor unit in MN
I have a candlemaker that has rented the non-conforming 3rd floor unit of my property for the last 3 years. She is not supposed to be living in the unit because it only has a half bathroom. To paint a picture, it wa...
Alex S.
Converting 26,000sq ft to Office Space
Hey everyone!
I am curious about the costs and pitfalls of converting a large open space (2 floors/13,000 sq ft each) of meeting space into office space for lease. The price on the building is very cheap, but that i...