Hi all,I just picked up a 600 sq ft house in the Regis area. I was hoping to gut it and add 800 square feet on the back but I just learned that it has no foundation!   It looks like it'll have to be scraped. I need to...

Hello All, I have a question for those who have done SB9 additions. I have a SFR close to Kohl's in Antelope. I am thinking of adding a 2 bed two bath attached structure to my current house.  It will share 2 walls so ...

Just started a rehab in Chicago and it's looking like we need ~3000 sq foot of the wide plank grey good stuff.  What's the best local store to get this something a bit higher quality?  It's for a vacation rental so th...

I'm trying to come up with some simple per square foot room calculations for rehab.  For example it seems like sq footage divided by 10 gives a good estimate for number of 12 foot drywall boards needed for walls and c...

In a comparable sales approach, you select comps. Then you do adjustments to comp prices depending on their differences with a subject property.
Where do you go to determine the adjustments for a particular neiborghoo...

A new colleague of mine here on BP has asked me some questions via PM and I thought it was best to present his questions and my answers in the public forum for all to benefit from. This will also give him and others t...

What is everyone paying for a full gut these days (2-4 units and SFH)? I'm interested in benchmarking my costs against other investors'. Materials and labor on a full gut has been running me around 50-60K. Would l...

Hello,

I just had a lively discussion with a realtor who was chastising me for how I was computing my comps.

Basically the discussion came down to what to include. Based on the comps the realtor pulled, the price p...

Hello All,I am new to real estate and have come to realize I do not know much about renovation costs. I am in the Atlanta area and am thinking about investing in a small apartment complex with 700 square foot units. T...

I am about to put my property up for rent and have a question about using a real estate agent vs. doing it myself.
When a tenant uses a real estate agent to find a rental house, what does the real estate agent use to...