I have been working on a bathroom with good friend and contractor @Kevin Lochen and the project has been riddled with issues from mold to structure. This home is 90+ years old with previous renovations completed. When...

There is a property I am considering to purchase, (built in late 1800s), and after visiting the property today, the 3-flat house was visibly a little wavy (caved in / settled) on one side. (Imagine a deck of cards, be...

Hello BP community!My husband and I are starting the planning process to finish our unfinished basement in Roswell, GA (northern suburb of Atlanta) and our plan is to rent it out.We are in need of an architect, prefer...

I am viewing duplexes in Massachusetts where we tend to have a lot of older homes.  The properties in my price range all seem to have a common issue being that they are older (we're talking 1880's - 1910's) and Realto...

I have never bought a house. I want to house hack using a 5% conventional loan. The triplex I'm looking at is listed at 130,000. Its in pretty decent shape other than some cleanup and foundation issues. 
The 3 sty ho...

I have a rental property that would benefit from an additional bedroom. The basement is currently 6'3" high. How complicated is it to dig another 12-18 inches in a section of the basement to be able to build a 3rd leg...

My neighbor's basement is flooding after some pretty heavy rain over the past week. They have called a basement guy out, who would solve the problem by jackhammering up the cement floor in the basement, digging a tren...

Still dealing with the aftermath of IRMA here in South Florida, even though I have four large trees completely uprooted and caved into my house and my rentals, I am still counting my blessing the eye wall didn't come ...

Another thing I thought I would mention in regards to cost segs is they generally increase the amount of tangible personal property, which is really anything but real property and intangible property.The definition of...

Hi I'm doing a rehab and pulled out walls of a load bearing hallway to combine two bedrooms to a master suite. Problem is a few things, the floor upstairs feels like a trampoline because the old owner who had built th...