I have been evaluating real estate deals for flip properties & rental property opportunities and have been struggling with estimating the repair costs for properties that are stripped or are requiring more work th...

Here is a radical idea for those with large unused capital losses--marry someone that will be generating a capital gain either thru the sale of their business or investments or a capital gain that will be passed out t...

Hi All,Along with our first property, we also purchased an unusable lot from the MBTA.  The lot size is too small (~1700sqft) to conform with existing zoning requirements.  We've been thinking about potentially puttin...

I am currently in the process of closing on my first rental property, a house hack triplex. The property has a very large detached garage (roughly 1800 sq ft). I would like to build storage units into the garage as th...

Hi All,We recently purchased a property with an adjacent lot on the property.  The lot (just over 1600sqft) is not compliant by current Boston zoning standards for development but there are certainly "skinny-mini" tow...

Hey guys, So my wife and I just purchased a triplex out here in El Sereno Ca. We have an existing 5 car garage which I plan on converting into two ADU’s, and an existing 400 - 500 sq.ft conditioned space that is curre...

So I bought a single family house with a 2.1 acre lot.  The house sits on one end of the lot and there is 1.75 acres to the side of the house that is just grass with 400+ft road frontage.  I spoke with the county and ...

Hey fellow BPers,I have a duplex where neither tenant uses the garage.  I was thinking about renting it out as a storage unit for some extra income.  Does anyone have an experience or tips for me?  I am assuming I cou...

there are a few properties in my neighborhood that are distressed and unoccupied and I would love to get my hands on them. what would be the best strategy in contacting the owners? or if bank owned is there any way to...

My wifes primary residence previous to marriage (7 years ago) has sat vacant.  She wants to sell it but was curious of the taxable impact.  I am aware of the exclusion for primary residences  however since this was wa...