Travis Smith
Building Permit Costs Accurate Reflection of Job Cost?
As part of its Open Data Portal, the City of Austin has made available a searchable database of building permits in the city. Does anyone know if the "Total Job Valuation" on the permit is an accurate gauge of job cos...
Robert Jensen
HUD Bid in California
I am about to place a bid on a HUD property. The agent I am working with is saying I will need to bid about 117% of asking price to win the bid. Is it common to have to bid this high? From what I read 88% of ASKING pr...
Claire D.
How to verify ADU in Saint Petersburg is legal
Hi BP community. I’m currently seeking a property to house hack in St Pete and one thing that is unclear to me is how to verify if a property that has an existing mother in law / ADU is legal and up to code. I ran int...
John Powers
SEO is a gift that keeps on giving
Search engine optimization is the most important, and most underutilized strategy for driving leads and sales online. After years in the industry, its apparent to me that SEO is often overlooked by real estate and pro...
Lisa Perry
Question about financing a home we inherited
Hello. We inherited a home from my dad and we're not sure if we're going to flip it ourselves or sell it as is. It's a site built home and not in great condition. The issue is that he has 2 old mobile homes on the ...
Michelle A Shriver
Construction Management Fee Question
If you have a third party managing / overseeing construction, CapEx improvements, larger repairs, etc. what is the fee (%?) you pay them for this oversight / management? Are there variables based on scope, cost, durat...
Johann Kleisch
My REI Biz Plan - Please review and give feedback!
Below is the first draft of the business plan I created for REI.The final product will be created using liveplan.com to create a polished and professional looking plan.The only thing that I'm still working on and is m...
William Sumner
Newbie moving to Oak Harbor, WA
Hi everyone! My wife and I are both Naval Officers moving to Oak Harbor. Being from Portland, I am excited to be stationed on the west coast. In addition to the house we bought to live in in Oak Harbor, we own a re...
Christian Malesic
'Groups' a Huge Success!
Welcome to BiggerPockets!
If you have not found your way all around our site, you may want to take a few minutes to check out the Groups feature in addition to the forums.
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Arron Lloyd
Help Analyzing Deal?
Hello,I reached out to an owner who is selling a single family 8 bedroom 5 bath today.I initially asked if he would lease option which he isn't open to because he needs cash to continue building a home out on the west...