I wanted to share my first real estate deal with the bigger pockets community. I purchased this property in 2009 for 238500 at 23 years old.. I took a check for about 17k to closing. Obama gave me 8k tax credit in 09 ...

Dear all,
We have a family-owned house (built in 1935) which has some old world charm and we decided to keep the vintage master bath (green color) that's still in great condition. The house is about 3,000 sq ft (cons...

Hello BP;I am a newer investor with 10 units. I am about to rehab 6 of those units over the next 3 months.I am looking for some help making a few strategic long term hold decisions;I am going to use Luxury Vinyl Plank...

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I am looking for a second opinion as I am going through my first rehab. I have turned-over a unit and updated everything. I was wondering what kind of countertop does investors recommend? This is a ...

I'm offering on a property and I think I can raise rents 20% based on making some improvements. It's an upstairs/downstairs townhome, 2BR/2.5BA with the half downstairs. Take a look at my current conditions and propos...

Been buying C- rentals for the past few years. I know everyones definition of the classes is different. My definition of C or C- is not anywhere near a war zone. But an area where 35% of the tenants are on some sort o...

Hi allI have a 2 BR in Albany Park. It's still vacant, but I am looking at prospective tenants now and hoping to put somebody in soon.It doesn't have laundry yet, but I plan to put in a new stacked washer dryer in the...

Ok for those of you who have read my posts I am a rookie land lord
and I put some pretty fancy doo dads in my rentals
they are c rentals neighborhoods that are a little sketchy There are bars on all the windows I t...

Hi guys.Does anybody else do basic granite and marble small slab work themselves?