I am trying to determine the value of a property. It has over all 3212 sqft, approx. 1500 on top and 1500 on bottom. It is a 2 story home. The top floor is finished and livable. The bottom floor is unfinished but part...

Hi BP'ers! Just purchased a home as a quick cosmetic turn. Some of the fixtures use an S-trap style drain because venting does not exist (its an older home). Am I required to install venting or can I use the S-traps?

I'm remodeling from the studs a 2BR/1BA unit in San Francisco. Expected rent will be about $3000. Tenant quality here is very high- young college educated white collar professionals. So I'm doing a quality and thought...

Hello everybody this is my first post so please bare with me. I currently am living in California just north of Los Angeles and am looking to get into my first Real Estate Investment. With current prices where they ar...

Being new to the game and just learning and birddogging etc. I have really only know this market. I am young so I never really even cared to pay attention to real estate before the crash. So I guess I am wondering wha...

Hello BP,Are there any specific set of features that must be present or absent in a certain apartment class?Here are few items that I sometimes get confused about:Age: 0-10 - "A", 11-20 - "B", 21+ - "C" - this is a ge...

My contractor and I are getting into a discussion about the pros and cons of quartz v granite - what are buyers in your area leaning towards? Surveys show that younger buyers tend to prefer quartz since it's no mainte...

I have been considering this for a long time. Buying a vacation property for us to enjoy and renting to help it pay for itself.  I was just looking ( big mistake) and found one I love.. checks all boxes and then some...

Hey - anyone with design skills - we would like to start making some BiggerPockets T-shirts and other pieces of flare. So - if you have any skill in design, or clever ideas that a designer could do, and want to s...

As some of you may know I am documenting a 4-family rehab my business partner and I are doing in the Investor Deal Diaries section.There a 4-1 bedroom apartments, 2 on the 1st floor and 2 on the 2nd floor. The heat so...