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Economic Update
(Monday, April 5, 2021)
Given the news from the labor, real estate, and manufacturing sectors, it's no surprise that “Consumer Confidence” in the U.S. has increased to the highest level since the b...
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i've checked out most of the threads regarding absentee owners and i've contacted a lot title companies here in chicago and no one knows what i'm talking about i talked to the people in my county tax office, recorder ...
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Is this possible?
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Let me first start off by saying my oldest child is 3.5 years old so I know things will change many times before she sets off to college.That said, after reading an article about the uses of a 529 plan, it mentions th...
Hello Everyone at BP and thanks for reading my post! I'm not even sure where to start, since I've had so much go on since I've started all of this, and its going to be a long one, so bear with me. This is my success...
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I wanted to get some opinions on bringing rents up to market value. I’m closing escrow on a 4 Plex next week and there are two long-term tenants who are paying $995 per month. They have both been there for over 5 y...
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This may be a dumb question but I been reading a few books on real estate trying to educate myself and the topic of the last chapter was adverse possession. Basically, what I gathered was that if you ...
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Advice please! My husband and I are not new to real estate, but are really looking for advice on this one. Ill see if I can simplify the situation and question here...
- Just moved elderly (80 and 91) parents to as...
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I'm researching a property and am running into two issues. First is an illegal apartment in the basement, but I think that's easy to resolve by removing some of the fixtures and then claiming it's a finished basement...