David Espana
Acoustics Issue between floors in my rental property (duplex)
I have a duplex built in the 1950s. I would like to fix an acoustic issue where impact and airborne noise travels easily from the upper unit to the lower unit (units are separately rented). Noise from poor acoustics h...
Matt Vaughn
Laurel, Maryland Kitchen Rehab Finish Level
Brain Trust:We're rehabbing a kitchen at 9300 N Laurel Rd, Laurel, Maryland (Howard County). The house is a 1980 4 bed 2 bath house. My comps in the area seem to show laminate countertops and nothing particularly fa...
J. Mitchell Bernier
Lumber Prices Down almost 50% YTD
Lumber prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange(CME) is down almost 50% YTD and down over 9% Year over year. This is another indication that housing/demand is slowing and could slow even further. Not to mention that ...
Ray Browne
What kind of cap rates are you looking for?
I'm currently working on development plans for two small office properties, one in Annapolis, MD and one in Washington, DC.
Cap rate on both , conservatively, would be approximately 7.2% ; that's at my sell p...
Chou D.
Pricing Rental Unit and Tenant Screening
Looking for advice: We just listed a SFH in the Rocklin / Roseville are for rent. Although we're getting quite a bit of interest on Zillow, the applicants seem to be barely meeting the income and credit requirements. ...
Muks M.
Radon Level 6.4 - Future Primary Residence
Would you be concerned if the radon levels comes out to be 6.4 in two days test. This test was performed at our future primary residence where we got a pretty good deal. Given other general inspections are OK and rado...
Paul Z.
When accepting bids from contractors on a rehab do you....
I'm interested to hear from other Rehabbers on how they communicate their budget to contractors. Do you keep your budget to yourself until you collect all your bids? Or do you hint or perhaps even come straight out an...
Pete T.
key west
it's official. I will be moving to key west in 9 months, but know no one there so I am hoping bp can ramp by learning curve. Looking for recommendations on everything: loan officers, agents, closing attorney, and ev...
Michael M.
make a 2 family into a legal 3
How hard/time consuming/ expensive/ possible is this?Currently in process of buying a home with an interesting basement (there are many properties like this in the Bronx). The basement is 100% above ground on 3 sides...
Keng Fong
Questions that came up when I am trying to start investing in real estate
1. Is it a good time to start investing in real estate because the interest rate is so high?2. How to start investing in real estate when I live in a very expensive area？ (Seattle WA)