I'm in Rogers Park, Chicago. I have several people interested in being my roommate. So far, I have two people who seem they could good tenants. I did find them on Craigslist though.My mom has one property in Romeovill...

Was wondering if anyone could provide a brief summary of what all is involved when lending to a rehabber. I found one that I am interested in lending money to for his projects but do not know what all is entailed as ...

Any advice? Yay? Nay? Thoughts?

Greetings fellow BPers,Here are the pros and cons as I see it, of having a risk averse spouse:PROS:Every move, thought, plan, expense, phone call, email is questioned. This is good because it forces you to be sure tha...

Just finished the excellent Creative Financing podcast On the Market Ep 29 with Pace Morby. I have a tendency to think in adversarial terms (I'm working on it) but in this case I was thinking about the bank, and how I...

After researching endlessly to figure out the best strategy to begin my real estate investing career, I have some thoughts on the types of deals investors will come across. Personally, I want to start out by whole...

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i have been looking at purchasing short sale properties in my neighbourhood. when i see listings on MLS and speak to listing agents, i find that they are either very unaccomodating, dont return calls, always ...

I’m starting my real estate journey and have mainly been buying vacant land through tax sales. I notice an upcoming sale with a lot of houses listed. So today I did a drive buy of all the houses and talked to as many ...

Hi all,My previous tenants had a couple of dogs and long story short, when they moved out, the house had a potent dog smell. My initial thought was that the smell was rooted in the carpeting. I had the carpet professi...

Ok....I have been desperately trying to figure out how to jump it to this game without getting wet when I just decided to dive right in head first with all of my clothes on! I don't have enough money or good enough cr...