Seriously asking for a friend!  I had mine done last year.  Things I learned:He wanted to see normal conventional financing stuff....smoke detector in every room, Co2 detector in the right place, was impressed a lot o...

Seeking out some feedback from this highly experience community. I am looking at a SFH and some of the items listed in Inspection report will require repairs but seller is not willing to perform the repair work. We ma...

Hello BP community, I have a question about a roofing invoice. I had 2 roofing bids for a complete tear-off with a new TPO roof. I got a bid for $27K and then I asked another roofer to match it, which he did. I chose ...

I'm trying to buy a house 1965 3 bedroom 1 bath on a canal all for 70k. I went and got all the inspections the bank wanted. Now they are saying there was never a permit pulled for a roof the owner put on.the county wi...

Just want to make sure I'm up to date on the current national codes that different cities adopt requirements from. Here's a link I found:  http://publicecodes.cyberregs.com/icod/ibc/2012/in...Anything better out there...

I'm looking at potentially submitting an offer on a multifamily home in Chicago. It is a two story building - I do not have exact square footage. It has what appears to be asbestos siding - I am not under contract, an...

Hello Please helpThis is in a very hot market in one of the best neighborhoods in the city. Duplex built in 1946 needing a new roof at some point and refurbish and repaint the outside shingles - 15000$ deferred capita...

How much does it cost to build either a 1-car or 2-car attached garage to an existing home in the Farmington Hills area. This needs the slab and everything. If the driveway also needs to be added, how much extra are w...

Hello all, I am currently looking to buy a 2 or 3 flat (duplex/triplex for some of you)Ill try to give the most precise details I can and if someone could give me a ballpark figure I would greatly appreciate it.3 unit...