Hi All, My wife and I are looking to buy a house in Long Beach, NY and we are first time home buyers. Our plan is to buy a 2 family house and use the house hacking method to get started as RE investors. Currently we h...

Hello everyone, I moved from Denver to UT about 5 years ago and before I joined BP I signed a contact to sell a rental house in Denver, after doing more research seem like selling would be a huge mistake ( I'm leaving...

Hi all,

I'm a Realtor in Chicago.

A friend referred a customer to me who wants to buy a small storefront, which happens to be an REO property on the Chicago's South Side. He has spoken to the bank, agre...

I've got a flip that we are near completion and I have a buyer lined up to purchase the property.

What is the process?

What do I need to do as the seller?
What do they need to do as the buyer?
What closing costs s...

Hello,I am looking into purchasing a home that is currently being used as a 3 family home. However, when I went to see the house, the agent told me that the bottom unit of the home is a legal fourth unit, but the owne...

We recently finished renovating a rental property and after a heavy rain it looks like the chimney may be leaking. It is not an active chimney. There is actually not a fireplace but at the base of the chimney in the b...

Hi All,Looking at a duplex that a foundation company has quoted ~$500/pier to tear out and replace. Looking online, this doesn't appear to be the most complicated thing - particularly because the crawl space is big en...

Hi guys,I have a property in  Santa Barbara county and I am trying to convert a room into a 4th bedroom. In order for it to be officially called a bedroom I need to get the county building department to issue a permit...

But my realtor says it shouldn't be a problem?  I've been looking at my first few houses in the Syracuse market and this foundation seems bad. Any thoughts?

I definitely need help analyzing's this deal! Here is the situation:13,000 population in entire county of Missouri small townOwner is very motivated, says large lot is included, which house was built on3/1-unfinished...