Here’s the situation…I know a family who is going through a rough time. Mom, Dad + 8 kids. One of their daughters has leukemia.They were evicted last year and their new place just went on the market and they had to mo...

I wanted to see if anyone has thoughts on whether or not the Illinois real estate market is a smart place to be investing given the current budget issues?

Right now , rates are higher than they have been in a while . prices are up on Real Estate around the country . Insurance rates , rents , utilities are higher .  Now there are an estimated 5 million people who have cr...

BP Nation, I need your thoughts and advice: My business partner and I have a property that has been sitting vacant over the last few months. As you can imagine, we're looking to get it rented ASAP, and there's a coupl...

Hi All,My 61-year old father recently signed a lease with a 40-year-old Russian woman who had recently moved to America on a tourist visa and started working illegally ((he did not find this out at the time). She move...

I have a house under contract, and coming up on closing, hopefully. Straight to it, The Seller told me she owned the house free & clear. Come to find out, from my Title Company, she got divorced because of Domesti...

I own several smaller duplex/triplex properties and just bought my first small apartment building (7 suites). The previous landlord's garbage system was the following:
Each tenant is responsible for taking their garb...

Hi guys and gals,

I was wondering how did you start building your crew for a flip?

Do you hire just 1 General Contractor?

or

Do you hire sub contractors for each job?
( i.e. one for flooring, one for drywall)

W...

I posted a few weeks ago about doing a Sub2 offer on a duplex in trouble.Rather than throwing offers back and forth and guessing who were the real decision makers, I asked to sit face-to-face with the listing agent. H...

Hello BP,I've inherited some unsavory tenants. I was mostly fine with it because all the leases were going to be up in July or sooner. HOWEVER, I was not aware about just how bad it was.Tenant 1 - wanted to talk to me...