Mark Updegraff
Craigslist Boarding Houses, Unfair competitive advantage overlooked? Please advise
Hello All,
In my experience as a listing agent for rental apartments in a couple geographic areas, non owner-occupied landlords list out rooms to students and workers creating a shared living arrangement between se...
Michael Geiger
I'm a newbie with distressed property opportunity. What to do?
Hi,Just to give some quick background on me, my wife and I currently have one rental property that we purchased a few years ago that we did some minor repairs to (floors, paint) before renting it out. We've had succes...
Ryan Alguire
New REI/BP member looking for help on 4-unit investment opp.
Hi all,I've been using BP for just under a month now, and only crunching out Real Estate Investment opportunities for about three months. Under the guidance of my friend (business partner) who has been an active inves...
Nicholas Johnson
Househacking Approach / Takeaways from 1st Fail
We recently put in an offer on a duplex that eventually fell through for several reasons. Wanted to share some takeaways in the hopes that it might help someone else.The property and our offer:We put in an offer on a ...
Paul S.
Overwhelmed by frequent tenant repair requests
Hi everyone.I have been self-managing a few rental townhouses for about 2 years. I'd say on average, I get called every 2 weeks about repair issues. I have received all kinds of repair requests, e.g. clogged dishwashe...
Heather Moore
Tracking property purchases in Pittsburgh (w/o a license)
I’m a newbie investor from Pittsburgh & I’m looking for my second property but am not sure in what area of Pittsburgh I want to buy (first is in the West mifflin area of Pittsburgh). I’m wondering if anyone from P...
Jake Thompson
Wife is on board. Well, sort of...
So my wife is on board with using rental properties as a way for us to achieve financial freedom, and a year ago we bought our first duplex. But I'm having some trouble getting her to understand some of the expenses i...
Tyson S.
Tenant subtly damaging property?
Summary if you don't want to read the whole post: Tenant thinks they will be able to buy the house they are in from me and may be intentionally damaging property to get free repairs prior to buying the house. Don't ha...
Chris Seveney
The Tech Revolution in Real Estate Lending: Are We Overlooking the Basics?
Over the past quarter, I have seen around $1B in defaulted fix and flip loans - many of these from new lenders since 2020 and more of a "tech platform".As we all know, the intersection of tech and real estate investin...
Jacob R.
10+ Unit Success in Chicago?
Have slowly gotten my start in Chicago Real Estate in the last few years. Started with a single condo unit, moved on to a 4 unit building in Portage Park. Realizing a lot of the headache for a condo is similar for a 4...