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Hi Everyone,I am looking to see if anyone is able to offer any advice on my current situation. Any help would be greatly appreciated!I currently reside in Chicago and bought my first property, a duplex, in August 202...
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I bought a Triplex with an upper and 2 lower units early this year. Currently the upper tenant is enraged that his apartment constantly smells like pot. He has called the police and has messaged me many times that thi...
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I've targeting a property in my area that is soon to be listed at a Sheriff's Sale. Prior to the sale I want to make an offer to the current owners for the price of the outstanding debt and property taxes. With t...
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Hello BP, I haven't posted in quite some time! I thought it would be interesting if we all shared what our rehabbing/remodeling process looks like. I am currently on my fourth investment property, my strategy is bu...
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Without going into too much detail, is it normal for a lender to cause you to have to push back your closing date because they couldn't get underwriter approval on time? I feel like they are having me scramble now t...
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On August 29, 2019, my friends had a closing on theirs new investment property. Right after the closing they tried to get in and discovered the original lock had been removed. They found parts of the old lock on the...
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Hello, 👋🏾 my wife and I have recently began educating ourselves the last few months with real estate investing ie books/podcasts/this site. Everything we look at here in Tampa seems like the numbers aren’t even close ...
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Hi BP-ers!Recently my REIA hosted a speaker from a firm who write self-directed IRAs. This seems like a valuable tool for investors but when I spoke to my accountant about it she said they could only be opened by indi...
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We have a farm in the NC mountains with 4 vacation rental cabins. Our local rental management company take 25% and we pay for all listings on VRBO/Homeaway/TripAdvisor/Flipkey, photos, videos, etc. They only take 10% ...