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I called the county permitting office and they do require a permit to replace a water heater. Since it's highway robbery to pay a licensed plumber to do anything, I was wondering if most people ignore the permit issue...
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All,
I'm a young guy who hopes to get started investing in the next couple of years. My mindset (and my wife's) has always been to avoid debt like the plague. This of course creates a conflict when trying to use o...
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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/201...here is the truth !! capitalism at work supply demand at work.. Bubble NOT..
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Economic Update
(Monday, August 31, 2020)
The US economy got crushed in the second quarter, with the worst decline in real GDP for any quarter since the Great Depression. However, the good news for real estate...
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This would be my first venture into real estate so I'm not sure how to go about figuring out if this will work.I would like to build new houses to rent.I'm unable to do any of the labor and quite a bit short on cash.H...
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My wife and I have been thinking (preliminary) about investing in a vacation property. We like the idea of a condo b/c it's low maintance and we won't be spending a lot of time there.
My wife is thinking about Holly...
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IN the Marine Corps I studied what is called Combat Hunter. We took hours of classes on how to identify human existence while patrolling though rural terrain.
We learned how to identify many things about t...
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Hi everyone! My name is Eriko Yoshimaru and I just recently joined the BP community. I'm a newbie to real estate investing but I'm very excited to learn as much as I can from everyone in the BP community and to buy m...