I am a real estate agent and investor.  I in the Atlanta area and I am now under contract for a house with a basement.  I plan on living in the basement and renting out upstairs.  While living down there I plan on con...

I have a split-level built in the early 70's that gets some water in the basement/downstairs living room, as well as the crawl space, during heavy rains. There is a water dam and a working sump pump in the crawl space...

[b]Had a close call recently. Had a wonderful 2 handle faucet that was slightly running (smashed washers, couldn't shut off 100%) and a tub drain that couldn't keep up with it. Luckily we were able to avoid a big disa...

I had the sewer scoped by a local company that only does scopes and not repairs. I watched the video as it was being done and have CD copy of it as well.

This is for a three-plex and the main-line from the main hous...

Hi all
I wast not sure where to put this question so I picked the General Real Estate Investing to put it. If this is not the place to be posting this questions please let me know.
This is a personal problem. I have ...

We've been told by a potential contractor (we'll likely GC ourselves) that forced hot air is cheaper to put in than forced hot water baseboard. This seems off so us so I wanted to check what everyone else thinks.

Th...

I'm trying to understand how much of a concern a bowed wall should be in a new construction property and if my agent and property manager (same person) should have raised an issue with the builder about it.  My agent ...

Hello folks,I have a Duplex in East Bay where the incoming water pipe/meter (according to EBMUD records) is 5/8".I am planning to add 2 ADUs in the backyard.My question is - will the existing water service be sufficie...

Anyone have any suggestions on helping reduce our natural gas utility bill. We use gas for hot water heaters and heating our units in our 10 plex. We are considering adding more insulation and switching tenants over f...

I’m sure we’ve all seen many videos of ceilings collapsing, pipes bursting, and flooded floors coming out of Texas. Considering the uncertainty with the power grid, climate change, and likelihood or unlikelihood of t...