Kevin Castaneda
Foundation Overkill and Appropriate Beam Sizing
Hey BP friends,Backstory:I'm in process of rehabbing a 1920s house in San Antonio, Texas, which has a cedar post pier & beam foundation. The house is 1600sqft total with a second story being only 500 sqft. The fou...
Esi Okpetu
Are foundation issues a deal breaker?
Hi everyone! My name is Esi and I am just getting into the world of real estate. I came across a deal that has foundation issues. It was priced below market value and I would still be doing further negotiations if I w...
Darryl E Johnson
How to market my property better to find renters.
Hey Everyone!
I have a great 3 bed, 2-bathroom (B) property in a (B) Location. I am needing to find renters and have used Zillow, Apartment.com, Trulia, Hotpads, Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, and have used my re...
Esther S
Tenant wants to have satellite dish installed?
Our tenants want to have satellite TV and have asked if they can have a satellite dish installed through Century Link on our SFR at our tenants' expense. When we bought our SFR, there was already a satellite dish on t...
Kim Horn
Is peeling lead paint a deal breaker for a fix & flip?
Have not yet made a purchase. However, my husband and I have toured several homes and found one that shows a lot of potential. It was built in 1900 and has lots of character that just needs to shine through the decade...
Account Closed
Need new carpet and paint. Will landlord pay?
Hello!
My family and I have been renting the same townhouse for 3.5 years. We are great tenants and have a good relationship with our landlord. Anyway, the townhouses were brand new when we moved in so the house has b...
James Wheelock
88 unit value-add Deal question
Okay so my fiancé and I tackled our first deal which was a four unit that cash flows great for us now. Since then we watched @BrandonTurner talk about approaching complex owners on one of the webinars. So I decided to...
Joel Owens
Physical labor is SOOO overated!
Oh man today I took out the old carpet out of my mom's ranch apartment. It's a little 850 sq ft with nobody above or below on the ground level.
Senior community 55+. Getting the management to send any kind of repair ...
Denise MacDonald
Two Driven Women on a mission to build a real estate empire! Guidance appreciated!
Hello BiggerPockets Community!We are two business women single moms, Denise and Joanna. We are so happy to have found this community ! We're keen to get into the real estate investment realm with a shared goal: to p...
Ricardo James
Basement rental conversion in Washington DC (dig-out)
I'm looking to convert my Brookland DC row house basement to a legal rental unit , I was wondering if anyone has done this, what was the cost?My ceiling height is 6'2 in the front and 7'5 in the back of the house, s...