This isn't meant to be a long post but I have a lot of first time investors and house hackers or just investors that are new to Chicago that ask about charging a security deposit and my answer to them is NEVER charge ...

Hi All-I'm about to conduct my first rent increase and I'm looking for suggestions on how to create a letter that is polite, yet accomplishes the task.  The tenants are good people but I want to stay reasonably close ...

I became interested in the Cleveland/Cuyahoga County market around May of this year. After several months of talking to folks on BP (and others outside of BP who have invested there or lived in the area), I decided to...

Hello BP Crew,We recently had a contractor in Montgomery, AL go look at some potential properties we were going to bid on and one we had a contract on.  He never mentioned charging us for anything and we just asked hi...

Hey guys, I am a real estate agent looking to get into property investing. I was wondering what are some good areas to look into for investing. I live in Upstate New York but i was thinking of areas more out west or d...

A - Invest $100, add value to $120, market corrects to $100 in year 1, but you achieve an 8% return from cash flow and principal reduction.B - Invest $100, add value to $120, market remains as-is (or it takes longer t...

If you haven't heard about the NAR Lawsuits and how the DOJ wants buyers to pay their own agents, google it before answering this question b/c we don't need your confused self all up in this thread talking all that bu...

There have been some threads recently talking about working hard, spending less than you earn, etc. so I thought that there would be a thread on the subject book. I couldn't find one so I thought it would be a good i...