I'm wrapping up week one of a new REI oriented lifestyle having left behind 25 years of corporate work in the IT field.  So far, it's exactly what I was looking forward to.  I had a backlog of projects I'm now able to...

I'm going to look at my first house on Monday, and per the seller (the daughter of the homeowner, who is deceased) the house has foundation issues. How do I assess how much it will require in repairs related to the fo...

Hello, everyone. I just added my 4th multifamily property and was informed by Geico that they would only allow me to carry four homes on my umbrella policy. Was wondering if anyone had this problem and had to resort t...

Hello Friends,I own a 1982-built ground-level condo (one unit above, one below). It was renovated in 2017 and rented in 2022 with no issues. Now, three years later, my tenant reported cracks in every room—paint cracki...

Hi all. I am wondering what my liability is when someone fell down my roof. Recently it was raining hard. Tenant called me, and I asked another tenant who had repaired roofs for me before. He has no license. He then t...

Is seems to me that there are and endless supply of properties on the market today. Alot of them need some sort of renovation. Whether it be a simple carpet and paint job, or a full fledged tear everything down and s...

Right now the median price of new construction homes is as close as I have ever seen it to the median price of existing inventory. I started working in the trades when I was only eleven so I wasn't ever scared off by ...

Hello,I am planning to put my home on sale soon,This will be my first home that I am selling so I will be taking help from realtor at the same time I wish to be on the drivers seat playing active part in negotiations ...

Im in the early stages of closing on my first fixer-upper. Whats the best way to find good contractors? Would I need to find someone who can do most of the work or would it be best to hedge my bets by splitting the ...

Some background to my current situation which may lead to an understanding why I would ask this question.I am an electrician.  I currently rent a 2 bdrm apartment very close to the downtown area in Toronto Ontario for...