I've got a pretty unique and fortunate opportunity that I'm thinking about and I'd love some insights.My parents own a vacation cabin near Leavenworth, WA, with about 500 feet of usable riverfront. It's about 3 hours ...
BP,Looking to replace the majority of my duplexes windows sometime in the future. This is a 1920's stick house located in Tampa, Fl and there are about 20-25 windows that are just single pane glass or low grade alumi...
I see so many comments that tile showers are better than shower inserts.For ease of installation as well as cleaning and mold/mildew resistance, I like a shower insert better. While I'm taking a shower, I don't look a...
This is in Texas.I have a situation where some domestic violence has occurred and the wife has told me he trashed the house. I contacted him today and told him I was coming by for an inspection tomorrow. He has n...
I would love to hear an update on everyone's sentiment on the current housing market. In the last few weeks it seems as though the media is turning away from being bullish. The cost of material is up quite a bit from ...
I always attend my buyer's home inspections. I've been through this before multiple times, and many of them have not ever been through one.I'm there the entire time, and encourage my buyers to be there the entire time...
My neighbor just sold her house. (Timing was awful and I was out of town the entire time it was on the market, forcing her to go with another agent to list.)The agent representing the eventual buyers was an absolute n...
I am taking over management of my property beginning July 13 - reading "The Book on Managing Rental Properties now. Current property management company has no response to my alarm upon seeing that new tenants have cho...
I understand many have flipped 5+ houses or have tremendous experience with the renovation process. However, as a contractor I'm curious what was the biggest "miss" or unknown finding you've experienced in a flip? Fou...
Version 2.0? In 2005 we did our first flip. I had a very good paying W2 and decided not to continue pursuing real estate. Stupid, stupid, stupid.In 2009 I started my own commercial construction subcontracting firm....