Jessica H.
new construction house deal help!
My husband and I are newbies to house flipping and are trying to see if this house is a deal or not, maybe we could get some insight. In our neighborhood there is a partially finished house built 2006 that has ever...
Beth D.
Refinishing Wood Floors - Before or After Painting?
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...
Andrew Faukner
Basement included in square footage?
I'm looking at a property in Northern California that has a basement. That is unusual for this part of California. Only the ceiling is finished. It is about 20' by 30'. The real estate agent said that you can't count ...
Taylor Jarboe
What do I do? About apartment application, do I ignore it or pay
Me and my friend where looking at apartments. We went to a apartment and looked around then they took us back to the office and we talked about plans and If we’d be interested. So we were interested and they handed us...
Genny Giambalvo
Cut My Losses or Keep Harassing My Contract Who has Been Paid?
Hi everyone,I am flipping a house and paid my contractor in full because (newbie mistake!) from pictures it looked like it was done (I'm 1 1/2 hours away). There are still some time consuming things left to finish, na...
Jon Loca
Minnesota Appraisal Help
I have recently requested to have my PMI dropped on my primary residence because I believe the value of the property has increased enough to merit the PMI cancellation. The appraisal was done utilizing three comps, 2 ...
Adam Craig
Biggest project to date - Looking for some advice on the rehab.
I just closed on my 4th commercial building - its a 23K sq/ft vacant 3 story building in the downtown of a C+ or B- city.
I picked it up at a great price of 190K. I estimate 350-500K in repairs and the ARV based on c...
Matt Dixon
Basement Egress Requirements
Can someone point me to the egress requirements for finishing a basement? My understanding was that you needed a second exit, but I'm seeing a decent number of rehabs in the city that don't. Is there some sort of exc...
Derek Dame
To remove or not to remove tenant...
Good morning BP members! I have a moral contemplation that I have been struggling with. We are looking at purchasing a side by side twinhome. Both sides have unfinished basements. In order to make the deal work, we wi...
Sharon Buey
In need of a carpenter that specifically does trimming
Do anybody know of a carpenter who specializes in trimming? I’m located in Winston Salem area.