Just ran across this news story and thought how ridiculous it is. I have seen many threads on BP that had mention bad things about HOA. This is a real good example. Makes me mad when thinking about how other want to c...

We are considering buying a SFR for the land. After tearing down the building, a double wide will be placed on the land for rental. I believe neighbors won't complain given that1. The exisitng building is pure eye sor...

Why choose an Architect over a Home Designer? IS there a benefit?

One of the problems I've noticed while analyzing a specific location in my local market is that I analyze it based on whether or not I would personally live there. I don't think this is the proper way to analyze an ar...

Hello BP!My name is Tucker, I am a multi-family Architect, I live in San Francisco, and I am quite new to BP and REI in general. I have always wanted to get involved with you all, but always felt the HCOL of the Bay A...

Hi all!I feel like I'm late to the game, at 44. I have been crunching the numbers on retirement and current debt, to find that the numbers don't work the way I want them to. I started looking into alternatives last mo...

I'm heading out to South Lake Tahoe in a couple of weeks for vacation and I'm hoping for some suggestions.I'll be there from Sunday the 21st through Sunday the 28th so I'll have a full week to explore.I'm planning on ...

I've lost interest in Hawaii long ago,  but thought others may want to read this.https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-maui-wildfires-vacation-re...

Hi everyone,I recently moved to Ann Arbor from NYC - very excited to be here!  Really interested in networking and deciding what types of things to get involved with in the local market.  Considering airbnb's downtown...

Hello Experts,Background: we are working on a 8 unit deal (2 parcels x 4 units on each building) - we thought this would fall into residential loan and we almost completed the paperwork, but the lender came back stati...