What are the Best ways to find safe places in and around chicago land ?What I use currently :1. Trulia crime maps  ( used to be convenient but they changed their coloring)2. clrsearch.com - demographics - the have a c...

Hi everyone, I have been looking for my first investment property, definitely a buy and hold. I absolutely love Brewerytown. I work out in the suburbs so the access to Kelly Dr, 76 etc is very ideal. With that being s...

You've all seen them. I have them in some rental units and they stand up well to tenants. But they are so darned ugly.Besides replacing them, what can be done to make them more pretty?

After days of research I simply can not figure out if investing in a few manufactured houses is a good idea or not. I dont quite understand why they dont hold their value as well as a regular home (or maybe they do! T...

Hello Bigger Pockets,

This thread is targeted to investors that are currently investing or plan on investing in the Baltimore area. I tried to do a search for "Baltimore" but they all came up as introductions...

Looking for knowledge from those with experience. When looking to buy a STR buy a beach, say Panama City or Myrtle Beach, just to use an examples. Do houses that are a block or 2 from the beach perform well?  Most bea...

Hello Bigger Pockets community! I currently reside in New Jersey and have selected the South eastern Pennsylvania market as where i would like to begin my real estate investment endeavors for many reasons such as  rea...

I am wondering what site people use to find comparable sales to determine ARV for properties? I am happy to pay for a subscription if it is more efficient than using Zillow and the free sites. I am in Louisiana so it ...

Hello All. For the last 2 years I’ve been saving money and absorbing knowledge on real estate investing. Im ready to start making offers on properties. Im looking to get started in Myrtle Beach, ocean front or one blo...

Hi Bigger Pockets Community!After multiple google searches about real estate kept leading to biggerpockets.com, I couldn't help but be pulled in. I do wonder though, shouldn't it have been called deeper pockets? :))Re...