Hello, I’m going through all the steps and making a list of everything I need to do to buy land and build a duplex to 4 plex my self. The only thing I legally have to sub out is the foundation and plumbing(I’m a Elect...

I cant figure out what forum to put this under. I own a 16 unit apartment building in Hammond Minnesota near Rochester. It had a flat rubber roof over about 2/3 of the building. It was needing replacement and as more ...

Now on my third house in the Cincinnati market, I wanted to share some important lessons I have learned with rehabbing a house in the midwest. If I had followed these lessons from the beginning I would have saved my s...

I'm currently planning to convert a detached garage on my rental property into an ADU. I have a few questions regarding the conversion cost and how to rental it out as a separate unit.My goal is to use the ADU for mid...

While everything is going great with my subdivision project, I need to move closer to that project. So my wife and I started looking for something we could buy and rehab for ourselves. Our parameters are, must have 3+...

Hi All-I am rehabbing my first multifamily 6 unit building with a flat roof. This has a torch roof, and I don't have much experience with these sort of roofs. The roofer has given me a price for removing the current r...

I have two rehab projects going on right now, and both will need new roofs.
Project #1 is a 3 story rowhouse in Lawrenceville. It has a mansard roof, so I need someone with a lot of experience with rolled roofs.  Pro...

I have been a member on the site since September of 2013 and I have learned an amazing amount from the site and I thought it was time to try and help others out. I have read a lot of the different Diary forums on B...

I am getting ready to have a roof replaced ($8,500) and the estimate list materials and labor separately. I know the roof would be a capital improvement but it got me think that labor isn't a depreciating asset. That ...

I just completed an install of 750 sf of carpet in a 4 bedroom rental house with three seams. Carpet went in the living room and a connected bedroom. I watched several you tube videos and read carpet installation spec...