Spenser Harding
Buying an occupied SFR: Potential Red Flags?
Found a house in Tacoma, WA that the seller inherited and wants offload as she wants nothing to do with being a landlord (Great! I'd love to help!). I requested some information from her agent and only recieved very ...
Anthony Greco
Adding bedroom with no closet
Hi everyone, I have a question regarding listing how many bedrooms for a rental property. I am adding a bedroom to a SFH and was not planning on having a closet for it. Whenever listing the property to rent, can I sti...
Gina Wilkinson
Ugly shed dormer - how to fix?
Hi all! I recently bought an ugly home (the interior space, location etc make up for it!) but I would love to get some ideas on what to do to make it less painful on the eyes. The porch needs to be rebuilt and the ...
Jake Van
Rental apartment appliance decisions
We are building a rental property in a limited space. We don't have enough room to put in standard 2 foot deep counter tops, and a standard 30" range. We have to choose between putting a 3" cut-out in the counter top ...
Dan Mackin
Properties Near Railways
One of the areas that I am looking into properties has a major benefit coming in the next few years. The train to downtown will be getting expanded to the area and should make the units in the area much more appealin...
Wesley W.
Assigned parking lane "violator"
Hi all,There was a thread several days ago regarding a different issue with assigned parking, so I thought I would keep with a variation on the theme.We've got a small multi-family building (4 unit) that has just two ...
Kevin Kolling
Land survey in Philadelphia
I am in the process of having my architect work on a zoning permit for the rowhome that I’m rehabbing. He told me that I would need a land survey of the property and when I didn’t know anyone in the area he said he w...
Karen Margrave
The NARROWEST house plan you have ever built or been in?
We are going to be building 2 new condos in San Clemente, CA, and each unit can only be 16' wide. Michael has already designed a 3/3 with under building parking and 2 levels of living space. If we could find 9" more, ...
Andy More
Sagging Rafters
I looked at a duplex yesterday that I'm scheduled to buy next week. I mentioned this in another post. I did an inspection of the property on Friday.
There is a section of roof where the rafters appear to be sagging. ...
Jody Young
Determining load bearing wall
I'm working on my third flip and want to open up the living space. How do most people determine if a wall separating the living room and kitchen is load bearing in a traditional rectangle shaped home?
If this...