Bo Birkeland
Lessoned learned from Arvada SFR flip with Structural Problems
Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $310,500
Cash invested: $140,000
Sale price: $535,000
This flip was a bit of a learning experience. We knew goi...
Mark Beekman
Sewer Backup in Condo
I'm looking at a 1,000 sq ft, one-level condo (2 beds, 2 baths). The condo was vacant for a month and sometime during that month there was a sewage backup. Now, all of the carpets in the unit are soaking wet, there's ...
Brennen Cook
Diary: Single Family - Land Park - Sacramento, CA
1317 1st Avenue Sacramento, CA 95818Hello BP,Here with a deal diary this time!This single family home is located at the above address. It is currently a 3 bedroom 1 and a half bath house with 1378 square feet. Literal...
Chris E.
Straighten a leaning garage
I have a leaning garage on a property I just bought this week. It seems to be leaning because the garage was built in front of a smaller work shop. Instead of building the garage and making a doorway in the back to co...
D Barkley
Interior architect/designer vs interior designer in DMV
Also wanted thoughts if i was just to layout the interior walls with a designer and use my GC to implement the layout, would that be more feasible financially? The architecture firm for the project Im working with are...
Buyan Thyagarajan
Checklist for checking homes during a property visit for buying
Hi Guys,I would like to know if you guys have a checklist that you use to inspect new homes as part of your buying process. Sometimes we don't have a contractor with us and so it would be good to know what things to l...
Nick Wehrley
Cost to Build from the Studs
Hey BP,I’m trying to get a very high level idea of the cost it’d take to redo a structure from the studs. Details:Structure is an 800sqft “building” - no interior walls, electrical, plumbing. I would have to relocate ...
Marcus Auerbach
finishing a braced basement wall
We are rehabbing a nice brick ranch in Milwaukee, WI and are planning on finishing the basement. As you can see on pictures one of the walls is braced. We don't know when the braces were installed, but I would guess a...
Joshua Ferrari
Basement wall bowing
I'm looking at a house that has a slightly bowed wall due to water pressing in on it from the hillside behind it. Banks won't touch the house because of this issue. If I dig a French drain and fix the wall myself, wha...
Tianyi Chen
Water Entering Issue
I am selling a house in Prospect Park, PA near Philadelphia. The buyer is requesting a waterproofing specialist report for water entering issue in the basement because the inspector found some sign of water entering....