Hello Everyone!I’m closing on a 4 unit in Little Village next week. I have rentals in Cicero and always charge security deposits. However I’m leery to do so in Chicago. It seems too risky with the current laws.  I’m d...

I'm still new to all of this so I might be missing something, but my line of thinking would be it's a lot harder to find sellers, and even harder to find sellers who can actually make people money, than it is to find ...

I screwed up my seller's list. Could someone take a look at the listsource criteria that I have in and tell me how to improve? I wasted $55. I consider this an investment, so I have to recoup this. For reference, I wa...

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I'm interested in rehabbing a 3 flat in Chicago that's already been gutted to the studs and reroofed. My contractor and I took a look and saw great potential. They also did a great job on the new roof, accord...

Hello! My name is Nicolas and this is my first post on the forums!I am looking into real estate investing in and around the Chicago area (preferably out of cook county to avoid their insane taxes). For my first rental...

-I've been reading a lot on here about how to handle security deposits when it comes time to assess damage and determine what is normal wear and tear and what is "damage" that can be charged against the security de...

I saw a listing for a property in my local area (north side Chicago).  It is bank owned, I contacted my real estate agent to arrange to check it out.  They sent him this waiver to sign before we would be allowed to en...

Hello, My name is Dennis. I have 4 years experience in Real Estate with 2 of those years as an agent and the last two flipping houses (somewhat succesfully). As I stated in the title, I am from Philadelphia. Currently...

From Chicago and am focused and motivated to work and connect with anyone who's doing business here or any of the surrounding areas. I'm new to BP and I see it has alot of information so I'm ready to dive in and learn...

When I was a property adjuster on the south side of Chicago over half of the propertites I dealt with were landlord owned. There's one particular scenario I saw a lot and wanted to give folks a heads up on what it is...