Hello,I have an unmetered rental property in Chicago and my water bill is ridiculous. The city has put a freeze (pardon the pun) on water meter installations while they "investigate" problems with old/lead pipes. Mean...

Greetings All,First I must say how excited I am at finally being able to make my first diary post after so much planning, prepping, research, lamenting... You get the idea. Just to give some background, I've been lurk...

Hi Everyone,I wonder how many people out there are like me.  We are dreamers and know what we want to do, how we want to do it, and especially the BIG WHY, for freedom from a job and to follow your passion.  However, ...

When you're showing your property or interviewing a prospective tenant, do you purposefully wear a certain type of clothing?I've only worn what I had on that day, so sometimes I was working on the property when they c...

Opinion on re-finance terms:
Im currently at 3.625% with about 26 years left on a 30 year fixed.

I was offered 2.8% 30 year fixed on a VA IRRRL refinance. Loan would
re-set to 30 years, but principle and intere...

Has anyone ever paid for a property with a credit card? Would a credit card even be an acceptable method of payment at closing?I'd really like to hear some stories (If you have one), when you (or someone you know) has...

Let me know what you think as my potential first investment! 4-Plex Purchase Price: 200kCurrently tax appraised at 218k3% downpaymentTotal Loan Amount: 194,000Texas Teacher Heros Grant: 4% or 7,760PITI: 1729/month (10...

A gentlemen by the name of Michael Treat has joined many of the Kansas City real estate meetups (ie. Kansas City Real Estate Mentoring and Network Group) but he has joined all of local meetups and networking groups re...

I’m really excited to rent the upstairs apartment to my new duplex. I just posted my rental on Zillow and have several viewings scheduled. Anyone have advise or tips on how to further screen tenants prior to the viewi...

Hello BP community. So we have a house that was flipped and put for sale back at the end of July. We had an offer in August but after the inspection report she backed out. It was nothing major just a lot of small easy...