Realize most of the Chicago BP investors are keeping up with the news but just in case here's a recent announcement made by the Mayor's office working with the major banks in the area to provide relief to landlord mor...

Are you jJust starting out in real estate and want to know the key to success?  The key is marketing.  If you have millions in the bank, screw marketing.  Put your money to work in rentals or syndication and be a "rea...

Real estate crowdfunding, anyone? I'm sure we've all seen our fair share of headlines... real estate crowdfunding is disrupting the real estate market. Putting some of the complexities aside, it allows us to do amazin...

Happy Weekend everyone,
Today I want to ask how everyone deals with contradictory information, negativity and discouragement, and naysayers.
What I mean by this is that with every market or strategy one chooses, you...

Hi All,
This is my first post here, I just found this website about 10 minutes ago. So please forgive me if I am posting in the wrong forum.
I will be purchasing a new build in Gilbert, AZ. I was originally going to...

So I've gotten a couple of short sale leads from marketing to homeowners with 30%+ equity. Not sure why they would be on the list but I'm not complaining.A few years back I marketed towards 60/90 day lates but didn't ...

Hi everyone, my wife and I are currently working on a live in flip. We are doing really well on keeping cost down however we have come to a point where we need to make a decision on heat. At the moment we have small e...

What do you guys think of this article?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2013/09/08/left-with-nothing/

I was vaguely interested in tax lien investing, but I have to say this story put a so...

Hi BP!
I am new to REI and trying to educate myself as much as possible. Listening to different podcasts I hear a lot of investors buy property for under 100k, but I'm having difficulty finding properties around this...

My grandfather said once, just because you have not seen it in your lifetime, doesn't mean it can't happen. He has lived through the great recession 1929 and WWII. I start to wonder if I have been too optimistic about...