I've been lucky in that all my previous condos were bought vacant which allowed me to get in and renovate and change our wear items which gives me long term peace of mind. I bought a quad last November which was fu...

Greetings BP Fam,I have over 250k in debt (credit cards, mortgage, school loan, car loan) and I’m only bringing in about $400/month. I haven’t had W2 income in over a year and my wife is working part time. My LLC is a...

It is with great excitement that I am writing this post. I am going through closing on my first home! It seems like a dream because I have been researching for so long and I never knew when the right property would co...

Labor: 180-hours (15hrs/wk, $80K median household income) = ($7,200)
Labor includes reading BP(education), looking at properties, going to REI association meeting’s, talking to banks, agents, internet research(home...

I closed on this beauty earlier this month (Dec. 2018) and it has been quite exasperating dealing with the seller and the hard money lender! She's a 3/1, 1,200 sqft home in East Point, GA - a perfect starter home if y...

Hi all –I'm going to start posting here pretty frequently and start a member blog here on BiggerPockets and I want to know what you want to know about starting or growign your business.What is it that scares you?  It ...

TSP is the Feds 401K. I have been considering taking a loan out to purchase a rental property free and clear. The problem is loan repayment term is 5 years, which pretty much kills any cash flow. The interest rate is ...

I live in IL, am single, have several rental properties, have landlord insurance and umbrella policy. I do all the work myself (repairs, upkeep, accounting, screening, approving of tenants etc). The following idea I ...

I'm looking to diversify into real estate but need to remain fairly passive given my day job. I've started off by putting a turnkey duplex under contract that will close this week, but the more I look at it the more I...

I saw an Year end report that talks about negative net migration trend in cook county and especially in the city of Chicago. I’m curious how investors take these numbers. I see such articles on negative net migration...