I have a turn-key rental with Mack Companies in suburban Chicago that has been vacant for FOUR MONTHS!A small sample of my issues with the management:Finding out a tenant has moved out weeks after the fact. When the m...

Hi All,I'm curious how people are continuing to justify buy-and-hold investments in Illinois suburbs with the current state of property taxes. I've got my eye one pretty inexpensive property which is listed at $80K, w...

Greetings all;

Just making sure I haven't missed something. I'm in CA and I occasionally have a housemate (renting a bedroom w/ full house privileges in my home; single person only). When they move out, and do not ...

I am in the process of taking on clients for co-hosting in addition to continuing to self-manage my own portfolio want to get a feel for what folks are charging their clients.I've spoken to a few folks already that ma...

Today, I read only two blog posts on BP, and BOTH were about the same subject.  Getting Started in RE investing, essentially. I believe there are very real, and many imagined impediments to would-be, aspiring Real Est...

Let's face it, we live in a violent society. The average middle-class American doesn't see it, but those of us that invest in lower income neighborhoods see it every day. For an average, honest, middle-class or uppe...

Hello All, I'm New to this web site, it is a GREAT site. Im always thinking realestate 24/7.

Heres my first question.

Should i put a suite in my basement To start my REI career?

I own my own home and have been luc...

i don't understand how it differs from buying sub 2 and then selling using owner financing? thanks in advance for your help.

Hi everyone,I have a sfh rental in Elkhart Co. Indiana.  I have/had the tenants on a lease option that expires today, April 30th 2015.  I trusted these people since we've known each other for a few years prior to them...

While researching before investing. I found that the typical eviction time-frame in Chicago appears to be at least  3 months and up to 4 months. Well, those are the risks one must take and due diligence checking all r...