Hi there fellow BP'ers.  My name is Steve and I have been interested in real estate for a while but only recently have been positioned to get active in it.  My wife and I are looking for small multi-family buildings i...

hi all,Considering purchasing a house that's a 2/1 and making it a 3/2 with a master bed/bath in the basement. It's an older Baltimore home so the basement is unfinished and the ceiling is probably only 6.5 feet at it...

Flipping houses has been a dream of mine for some time now, but I have not taken any steps towards making it a reality. In the coming months I will be starting classes for my RE license and then from there will start ...

There is a REO listing agent who hires a local structural engineer to do a slab report on apparently any listing with cracks in the drywall. The listing then includes a report that typically measures slope of slab, s...

Newbie here. I'm preparing my first STR in the Austin area for guests. I'm near a river, so there are plenty of bugs around. The house was built in the mid-70s, on slab foundation, and has the original windows (which ...

Need to replace the floors of a rental (removing the carpets and laminate that came with the house). Need advice on the best vinyl plank flooring for a rental. Something affordable, waterproof and scratch resistant.

Hi folks,As soon as this pesky eviction is finished (fingers cross for less than 2 weeks from now), we'll begin re-habbing a small 1 bedroom unit in our duplex. The floors are trashed: crappy carpet with cigarette bur...

Hi All,Are you taking out earthquake insurance on your investments in the Bay Area whether for SFH or Multi? I know a lot of folks who see this as a waste of money or a unlikely event, but give the huge financial inve...

I need a referral for a structural engineer in the Austin / San Antonio corridor, specifically San Marcos. My current one has given me deficient information twice, and I would prefer to use someone else at this point....

How to proceed if a guest requests a partial credit for leaving early, accepts alteration request, and then pretty much says, "Thanks. We will be leaving in morning. I'll let you know.'