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Meghan McCallum Is Bigger Pockets RUNING the ability to househack?
15 February 2017 | 23 replies

Hey everyone,I have a friend who I have been looking to partner with in a three or four flat in Chicago. Cap rate in the areas we wanted to buy are so bad (1 or 2%), even for the add value plays (which I think in Chic...

Scott Winter Lenders...what's the deal with the seasoning period?
31 January 2022 | 48 replies

So, I'm staring at David Greene's BRRRR book right now pg 232...Seasoning Period 
"Many lenders don't want to finance something right after an investor buys it. This is because they want to make sure the property is ...

Sid Franklin Chicago Gentrification
2 November 2015 | 17 replies

Does anyone think that Chicago's record tax hikes and the possibility of a tax exemption for property's under $250K will lead to a new round of gentrification largely driven by Millenialls wanting to live in the City ...

Ford Smith ​Dear Experts. Please read. Please help?
20 October 2015 | 17 replies

Dear Experts. Please read. Please help.My wife and I need sincere, honest, hard-truth advice from a real RE expert. Someone that can truly point us in the right direction without anything to gain.Any advice or feedba...

Tim B Getting around the 90 day seasoning rule
9 December 2010 | 52 replies

Purchased a fixer and someone offered me $15,000 more to buy it as is. Since I just closed on the property - how can we get around FHA's 90 day seasoning requirement.

I just did this on another property - bought an...

Meryl McElwain So-anyone still paying rent?
9 July 2020 | 43 replies

So I'm in Chicago. Two six flats. 8/12 tenants now not paying rent. I've been talking to other landlords and it's the same story. I have two buddies with 60 units between them. They're are mostly 1 bedrooms. Rent is u...

Josh Dane Is investing in condos always a bad idea?
21 May 2015 | 36 replies

Is investing in condos always a bad idea? For example, I have heard of people having lots of problems in condos with 100+ units, and very high HOA fees. But what about a condo in a 12 unit building? Is this still, ge...

Oleksandr Tereshchuk What it might take to build up to a passive $5,000 a month?
13 May 2020 | 0 replies

$5,000 a Month
What Will it Take to Create Such Passive Stream of Income?
So you want to be financially free you say? Ok cool. I want to be an astronaut. There is a gap between what I want and what I have. I am abou...

Yoko Hankins Property Tax was Deal Breaker on our First Rental
4 October 2022 | 36 replies

We found a great deal on our first STR property in Pensacola, FL. But we realized that the country assesses x3 property tax on rental properties. We were fortunate that we discovered this before we signed, but are ver...

Haley Dahlgard Newbie from Sacramento, Interested in OOS
26 May 2020 | 30 replies

Hello BP! I am a new investor who recently moved to Sacramento from the Bay Area. I would like to househack in Sacramento, but want to start focusing on investing out of state.
I work as on occupational therapist, a...