In episode 85 of Straight Up Chicago Investor podcasts, @Mark Ainley talks about how in the last few years you are required to not pull credit/background check until the initial screening is approved. He said he'd put...

Darin Garman - Has anyone had any dealings with this guy?
I thought he seemed pretty up and up, but then I ordered his
"Garman Analyzer for apartment and
commercial investment property analysis". It was OK, just an ...

I was writing this up when I received an email saying that @Ben Leybovich just put up a post. If Ben thinks it's a good time to post, then so do I ^^ Especially if this post is also gonna have @Brandon Turner 's name ...

I now have a consideration for house hacking. The reason I'm open to this option is because the market that I reside in is currently above my price point criteria. Question1: Is there a cash flow criteria for house ha...

We just dealt with perhaps the biggest tyrant in HOA history. She is a lonely woman who just makes nothing but problems for her neighbors. Id like to share some of the occurances of the past year to paint a picture of...

I recently had an interesting rejection from a respondent to my direct mail campaign...by far the strangest one I've received.  Hope to get some creative ideas on how I can respond to the owner so I can buy her house....

Does anyone have feedback or experience with this company? They say their documentation prep costs ($5k-$7k) about 1/3 the cost of having a regular attorney draft your documents. They use a computer that runs you thro...

Hello BP helpful members!My husband and I are at a bit of an impasse on how to handle our current situation.Our tenants got a kitten about a month ago. For those of you from the country, a barn cat, so to speak. Very ...

Hi all,

We have a rental property in a not-so-good neighborhood. Didn't realize at the time of buying it that it was quite a rough neighborhood. The last 2 times that the home has been vacant during tenant tu...

Hi BP community,I'm looking to start investing in properties to fix and flip and would love to network with others especially in the Bay Area.I don't have much experience in the Real Estate world so all of the knowled...