I moved to Portland, OR with the intent to buy a SFH & house hack or purchase a multi-family. However, Portland has declined substantially in terms of homelessness taking over every neighborhood, trash piles every...
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I'm looking into purchasing my very first turn-key investment property in Chicago with a company called Profit From Rentals. Does anyone here have any prior experience buying investment properties from this company...
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"I'm selling the flower shop" said my retired father.
"Are you sure?" I said with some hesitation.A retail storefront with 3 apartments in Chicago.
Owned free and clear, grossing 5k a month.
Why sell?
He received ...
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I have been looking for ther right deal for some time now. Dragging a realtor around to every house in town. The market is tough right now but I keep hanging on the thought that if I don't get started I never will....
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Hello BP community!I realized I need to utilize this resource more when I have situations I'm not sure how to handle as a newer investor/landlord and could use the input/advice of a group of experienced people. Here i...
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I wanted to reach out to everyone in this forum for some advice. A little background on me is that I am a self taught software programmer and have been doing it for over 4 years. However, over the past year I've reali...
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Hi all,I am strongly considering purchasing a particular property as an investment. It is a three-family (3/2, 3/2, 3/1) in an area that is undergoing a major revitalization project and is relatively still affordable....
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So I found that it is going to be advantageous to me to purchase one of my new properties in cash, I am going to take a mortgage out in a few weeks later after some updates are completed to leverage the banks and keep...
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I’m curious...Did you just jump in to Real Estate Investing first and then learn the game or take the route of learning then investing?I read Brandon’s guide of 7yrs to Wealth and thought his strategy of investing in ...
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I've been renting out rooms in my house for about 9 months now, on leases ranging from 3-12 months at a time. The experience has mostly been great so far, but at the beginning of May a new tenant moved in who has real...