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Jim Smith Buying 5BR house-renting out rooms to 5 unrelated tenants
30 November 2016 | 11 replies

Thinking of buying a 5BR house in the city of Philadelphia and renting by room to 5 unrelated young professionalsThe house would be 3,000 Sq ft new construction and meet all forms of habitabilityNow here's my question...

Susan Capeta PERMITS - 2 bedroom to 5 bedroom
18 October 2015 | 12 replies

I'm in los angeles. How hard is it and how expensive is it to get the permit to convert a single family house from 2 bedroom to 5 bedroom.. just the permit cost.. the house is currently 1000 sq ft living space and 700...

Jason Appel What Expenses do you pay for in Philadelphia
25 January 2022 | 21 replies

Hi All,When i run the numbers on properties in Philly, if its a SFH, i usually don't include Water, garbage, electric etc. becuase that can be billed back to client: at least i think.Can somebody please confirm what c...

Kyle Z. Am I asking for trouble?
19 February 2018 | 15 replies

New Landlord here!I recently took a phone call from a potential tenant, interested in my rental property.  I started running him through the basic pre-screening questions and red flags flew up left and right but I am ...

Erik Cabral Pay or not to pay - Water bill on multi-family properties
18 March 2019 | 18 replies

I picked up a 2 unit multi-family property. Unit 1 is a 1bed/1bath. Unit 2 is a 3 bed/1 bath. I've accounted for me paying the water and sewer in my numbers but have also had others recommend I pass this cost down to ...

Alexander Ignatenko AirBnB Pros and Cons in Denver
4 February 2021 | 12 replies

Hello fellow investors,
I have been researching AirBnB investing recently, which seems to have great returns in some markets compared to traditional buy-and-hold strategies. I was wondering if there are any investors...

Jaskanwal Preet Singh Chhabra Permitting for adding more rooms without changing sq ft
13 December 2024 | 13 replies

Hello, I am an investor in Austin, Tx. I am looking at a 4 bed 2.5 bath property in Pfugerville, TX that I am planning to rent out as a co-living space (rent by the room on Padsplit). I will be converting it into a 8 ...

Robert Norvell Rooming/Multi-Use Housing?
24 October 2013 | 15 replies

Does anyone have experience and/or a system in place for Rooming/Multi-Use Housing? It seems like a way to drastically increase rental income and not much extra work if done correctly. Im just wondering who's done ...

Yuriy Skripnichenko How I got variance for duplex in Philadelphia aka re-zoning
23 December 2020 | 28 replies

This question seems to come up a lot on the BP forum.Here is the step-by-step instruction how I got variance for SFH zoning to be used as a duplex with the budget and time schedule 1)Zoning application. Fee is $25.00 ...