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17 August 2024 | 5 replies
You leave it open on your phone and simply go about your day.
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16 August 2024 | 0 replies
And, when a great deal hits your desk, you know that it is virtually impossible to say no.Is anyone seeing deal flow pick up?
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23 August 2024 | 0 replies
I’m eager to connect with others who have experience in these areas and are willing to share their knowledge.If you’ve done any deals and are open to letting me shadow you or talk about your process, I’d love to meet up and learn more.
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23 August 2024 | 1 reply
I’m eager to connect with others who have experience in these areas and are willing to share their knowledge.If you’ve done any deals and are open to letting me shadow you or talk about your process, I’d love to meet up and learn more.
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24 August 2024 | 9 replies
If you try to restrict service animals, you may open yourself up to liability.
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16 August 2024 | 20 replies
Thinking of the phrase, "Keeping up with the Joneses", we are contemplating adding a hot tub, because Airbnb is reporting that properties with pools and hot tubs get twice as many bookings.
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23 August 2024 | 11 replies
I recently made a post about my favorite house hacking strategy which is to find a house that has a basement entrance or one that has some sort of side or garage entrance that opens up to the basement stairs and turn that into a basement entrance.
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22 August 2024 | 9 replies
Make sure you have proper signage up in the parking lot.
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23 August 2024 | 12 replies
Chicago winters can be harsh, so we're curious if anyone has had a good experience using a heat pump with an ancillary heat strip for those extremely cold days when the heat pump can't keep up.
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23 August 2024 | 11 replies
The tenant having renters insurance (that does not have a dog bite / dog breed exclusion) is your first line of defense against this situation.Having the property manager named as additional insured on the renters policy brings that layer of protection from the renters policy over to the property manager.BUT... if you as property manager do not enforce the tenant having a renters policy (without dog bite / dog breed exclusions) it opens the property owner up to a lawsuit from a dog bite as well as your property management company.