When you have a normal sale (not REO or SS), is it still a good idea to go directly to the listing agent and have them act as a transaction broker? Or is it better to use a buyer's agent since the contract and negotia...

Hello all. This is my first post on here and I had a few questions on investing in STR's. We currently own our home ($700k value, we owe $45k) and have one LTR ($450k value, owe $100k) which we get about $1800 a month...

Tenant is relocating from another state.
Has good enough rental history, but has a[b]large bunny.
I have never met this tenant, as they are moving out of state. [/b]

Tenant's new employer requires a one year lease...

I've owned a two-flat in Albany Park for about a year now. We've replaced the roof (18.5K, it was never torn off in 100 years) and redid kitchens and bathrooms. We're planning to replace our galvanized pipe with coppe...

Is driving for dollars, knocking on doors and posting letters on doors the most efficient and cost effective way to generate good leads?

Greetings Everyone,My name is Darin, and I am shaking my head these days.  I have been studying, reading, scanning and contemplating this path for the past several years, and always said, I should try and turn several...

Excerpt from a post I made on the stock investing forum "The Motley Fool." The audience is stock investors who are equally passionate and successful in stocks as the BP community is in REI. Many of them think going al...