Craig Jones
Contractor / investor financing
General contractor in business for 40+ years with an opportunity to acquire someone else's unfinished rehab for ~$2M with an ARV of $4M - $6M depending on whether we finish the existing project or tear down and start ...
Jerrold Meer
Help needed... Don't know what to do... Some advice please
Ok, so I have a deal on a property and land combo. There is 1 house on the land with enough room for 3 single family houses. My potential client has even given me floor plans that were approved by the county to b...
Ricardo Meza
Contractor wanting more money.
I have a contractor asking for more money because of an estimating shortfall on a design/build project. He's saying he underestimated the electrical and plumbing. I'm not inclined to pay him more, but the project se...
Austin Fox
Lesson Learned: Plumbing Inspection saved me $30,000+
Hello BP,I am in the process of trying to buy a duplex down in South Florida to house hack. Like everywhere else, the market is insane. However, I managed to get a duplex under contract at a decent price with a decent...
Brian Knox
How to handle hurricane effects.
How is it typically handled if a storm like Hurricane Irma damages a rental property or creates an extended power outage for a tenant?In other words, do I as the landlord need to put them up in a hotel or find alterna...
Cedric Stout
Wholesaling and Yellow Letter Bulk Mail Postage
Hello fellow colleagues!I'm currently running my first marketing campaign which will include mailing out 1,600 Yellow Letters in my region. And yes, I am bracing for a flood of potential calls. For my fellow wholesale...
John Sanderson
Customer Service as a Standard
All too often I get the feeling that most here on Bigger Pockets operate under the terms "It's my way, or the highway". What most, in my opinion, fail to realize is that as a property owner, you are providing a servic...
Anand S.
Sticker Shock! Build Cost for High-end Home
Hi Folks,We are in the process of finalizing our plans for a Spec home in Fort Lauderdale. Specifics are:- 4200 SQFT - 3 stories with a rooftop deck- Elevator- 5 Bedrooms- 5 Full baths, 2 Half baths- Requires 30 FT Pi...
Robert Frazier
What I've learned in re-development---your team matters.
It's a banner week for our fledgling development business. After 3.5 years we have permits for a 17 unit redevelopment project.We had hopes that we would break ground within a year of buying the property....that fell...
Bradley Lobo
What are reasonable bathroom remodeling costs?
Hi there,My wife and I recently bought a house in the King of Prussia area in Pennsylvania. I'm not familiar with bathroom remodel estimates and am trying to get a better sense of how much we should be anticipating sp...