New to the Bigger Pockets community and starting our journey into real estate investing. We thought we would start with a flip. Found a house that we could pay cash and offered. It is a foreclosure and the offer proce...

Hello.  I was wondering how everyone feels about staging homes that are being flipped.  1. If your market is hot and you are getting offers in days is it helpful still?2. Do you think it increases value or just lessen...

So today me and my maintenance guy come over to cut the grass and change out the thermostat and to our surprise there's all this water on the new vinyl plank flooring in the dining room. The eldest daughter, 14yo, st...

I am interested in a vacant lot which is zoned commercial, it is an outparcel beside a shopping mall that is anchored by Kroger. I am looking at a few different strategies if I buy this. I can sell this as is or build...

Hi Everyone - I'd love to hear everyone's tips and tricks when it comes to increasing the value of your investment home - either for aspiring tenants who want to live in your property, or in a modest "flip" sale situa...

in 2011 My credit was shot and my fiancés were less then favorable. I literally woke up one day and said no more of this. It has taken several years and some very challenging self discipline, but now my credit pre...

We put an offer in an a bankruptcy short sale, so the bankruptcy trustee needs to accept the offer (which he did, and is the one I made a thread about previously with the $5k release fee) AND the bank needs to acce...

I'm new to this site! I manage 15 units and all of them are mostly original. Rents are at market prices and we still increase $50-100 per door, per year. No one has moved out in 4 years and no one is planning on it.So...

Hi all, I have read several articles and watched a couple of videos regarding house hacking and tax deductions with an eye focused on how to properly determine what percentage should be used for tax deductions, and it...

Are there Illinois occupancy limits that would require me to cancel a month-to-month lease if the renter's family grows beyond those limits?I have a single family home that has been rented by the same family for a lit...