Hi, I own a house which is situated at the bottom of a large hill. The house itself is fine, but the garage sits back further than the house so that the back of the garage is only about 5 feet from the bottom of the h...

I bought three 8-unit buildings in November.  Inspection revealed that one building had a cockroach problem that seemed fairly isolated to one unit where the tenant was really dirty.  Other tenants complained about se...

Hey BP!I finally closed on my 4th successful flip two weeks ago and wanted to share it. I've been a fix and flip investor for 2 years now and I successfully flipped 3 houses my first year. My goal this second year was...

We are bidding out this project and I am looking to get some feedback about what questions I should ask the Civil Engineer Firm prior to selecting them?We have architect lined up, land about to go under contract has u...

In my rental, there's this open loft /room that used to look like this:Tenants in the past used that space as another bedroom even though its small and didn't have any closets. But, the biggest hurdle to using it as a...

I have a 3 bed 1 bath 1200 sq' SFH with full basement.Basement is okay as basements go, but isn't pretty or inviting...Washer and dryer are in the basement.Home is on a septic system.I'm considering converting the sma...

I received a letter from my HOA stating I need to replace my roof.

The paragraph the HOA letter identified is shown below. I know there are some HOA with other hidden language in their docs that can give them additi...

Hi Everyone. Looking for feedback on a college rental I'm considering moving forward on.  Here is a link to the BP analysis that I ran. Below are a few notes:
The house is a 4 bedroom and I'm going to make the dining...

We are in escrow and our inspection contingency ends on Sunday, Feb 6. We had our home inspection on Thursday, Feb 3 and the inspector included in his immediate recommended improvements:"Substantial foundation crackin...

I am a new landlord and need to replace the only shower in our rental property, which will take 3 days to complete. The tenants will be staying at the premises for the duration of the repair and expect compensation fo...