Hello, My name is Mitch Sheppard and I stumbled across this today and I probably should have sooner because its always been on my radar of where I thought my career would go. I avoided pursing it because I thought con...

A cost segregation study was performed on this single family home in Fort Worth, TX purchased in 2023 with a depreciable cost basis of $272,633. The home is 1,841 square feet and was constructed in 2009.
The use of t...

First..I am a tenant in the city of Chicago. I am hoping to get some owners feedback. I live in a non smoking building. There  are a few general signs and an occasional email when people complain...bottom line they re...

Good afternoon all,
My first post was about being new to REI, and my decision to go the route of wholesale. Reason being is a lack of funds to use for a "buy and hold" or "fix and flip" strategy. So I chose this stra...

Good Evening everyone! At last I am finally getting started on my first new home build/investment, and am very excited! I have been waiting/ working towards this moment for a couple years now! First things first yes I...

I'm looking for input on what is legal for an existing coach house / detached garage within the city limits of Chicago. I've heard many differing viewpoints on how they can be used and Chicago building code seems to b...

Hello BP membership,I have been doing a lot of research on buying and building my portfolio in the last 6 months or so. I have got a good plan on where to go and where in am going to invest. My biggest hurdle right no...

Hello BP!I am under contract for my first investment property, a house hack with a private main floor bedroom suite. I feel strongly that it's a desirable location (private wooded lot on a river, plenty of nearby att...

I am having some issues with my tenant and HVAC issues. Is there any type of process that you guys use when there is an issue with the property, then dispatching a company out to fix it?I am thinking about establishin...

I've been in the process of purchasing a shortsale home for the last 6 months. Since we did not have a purchasing agent going in, we took the advice from the short sale listing agent that we could use their firm as w...