Alex Fenske
January Housing Market Update (Chicagoland Metro)
Just copy/pasting the market report I complete each month for my brokerage and clients. Coverage area is all single family housing (detached and attached) in Northeastern IL. Data comes from MRED LLC, St Louis Fed, Mo...
Peter R.
Short Term Rental - Boat?
Is anyone doing STR on boats at all? This is somewhat of a small subset of the STR business, just wondering if someone here has had any experience or success doing this. Mainly interested in docked boats, not anythin...
Bogdan Cirlig
California's Silicon Valley Wins Again: "2014 Highest Rent Increase"
For San Francisco Bay Area, the heart of booming high tech industry, it seems that the sky has (again) no limit. The huge influx of venture capital has started a trend where for the past 3 years young professionals ar...
Anna Reamey
Where to Hire and/or Find a Virtual Assistant (VA)
Hello,After listening to last week's podcast with Paul Thompson #283, I am eager to bite the bullet and hire a VA. Paul mentioned Upwork and I've also looked into TaskBullet. Does anyone else have any recommendation...
Ramon Moreno
any know if submetering is the norm for chicago multi family?
looking to cut cost at my 2 flat In chicago, water is about $50 a month per unit per year. Anybody know if submetering is a regular thing out here. Don't want to lose my current or any future tenants
Michael Novak
Water Meters and RUBS in St. Louis, MO
I just found out while analyzing a multifamily (3 units) property in St. Louis that water billing for the entire building is condensed into one. My agent tells me that water is not metered in St. Louis (city) and is i...
Hameed Abdul
Need Advice from experts on buying a 18 Unit Apartment building.
Hello Folks,
I got a 18 unit apartment building under contract and going through the inspection process. I have purchased a lot of single family and duplex’s over the past 3 years but nothing this big.
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Atul Mohlajee
Painting between the tenants after every 2, 3 years of turnaround
Please respond to this poll. How many of you paint apartments between the tenants after one tenant leaves and you are preparing the apartment for a transition while looking for your next tenant. Would you paint betw...
Akshay Gadkari
Question on siding materials
(Let me know if this is the wrong place to ask.)What type of siding materials work best for multifamily buildings? Is it any different than for houses, or do the same rules apply?
Caressa Wilkinson
How to sell your property without the 6% realtor commission?
I purchased my first duplex property a year ago for 335k (house hack). However,I have to do a sudden move to California due to my job (military) from Chicago. I want to place it on the market but I want to avoid realt...