BP!
I'm considering painting the exterior trim, porch rails, and stilts of a front row beach house bright white. This home gets abused by the salt water and sand constantly and to add to the issues, I have rust stain...

I have 1bd/1bath condo in Los Angeles that I purchased before I discovered BP. This was my former primary residence and the numbers don’t pencil out that favorably to make it a rental. So I plan to take my equity el...

We're getting close on finishing our first rental rehab, but need advice. Do you refinish hardwood floors first? Or paint, then do floors? We have been getting mixed opinions from other investors locally. I'm worri...

What are your thoughts on what to do with wood paneling? If it's high quality, do you ever keep it and design around it? I have had some good experiences painting it in the past. What about removing it - does that ...

This is the front of a house we are closing on in early August.  What color would you paint these shutters?  We are keeping and power washing the siding that you see in the picture as well.

When do you refinish hardwoods?

In our first project, we refinished them after painting everything. Our thought was, since we were pulling up the carpet, it would be easier to not worry about ruining the new finished...

Hi Everyone,
I recently purchased a 4bed-2.5bath pool home close to the beach on Florida's Gulf Coast.
The current decision I'm working on is should I paint the interior of the house. It is currently a bunch of var...

I’m in Arizona and I’m looking into a home that may have lead based paint, built in 1961 but not tested, I’ve heard about getting a home certified for lead/removing it. Does anyone know what this entails? And as a lan...

Hi BP,
We need to do some touch up on a rental we bought in 8/2020.  Tenants on month to month lease just moved out last week so I want to take this time to do some touch up on some stains on the walls.  Yesterday I ...

I'm trying to figure out what floor, paint and countertop finishes are the most desirable right now