Hello,My name is Mike and I'm in the Chicago area. I'm new to BiggerPockets and to real estate investing. I'm looking forward to network and sharing information on this forum. I studied Real Estate in college before j...

What's up BP,I am officially looking to make my first rental purchase in Chicago hopefully in the next 2 - 6 months. I currently own a 3 bd/1.5br home in St. Charles that I've lived at for 3 years. I am looking in Chi...

Hello BP nation! I’m Martin from Chicago. Finally posting for the first time. I’m a quiet guy but I will try to be chatty in the forums. I started my first flip 2 months ago and hope to be done by the end of November....

BP Chicago Folks—in preparation for my upcoming “landlordom,” I’ve been researching the Chicago Landlord-Tenant Ordinance, “Subleasing” pasted below.The landlord must accept a reasonable subtenant offered by the tenan...

Hi BP - I am in the process of investing in a 2 flat (small multi family) in Chicago and seeing my very first property this week. I want to make sure I am prepared when I am seeing the property with my realtor. What s...

All,I'm looking for a couple of opinions here on moving some equity out of Chicago and utilizing the 1031 exchange to secure a property in a surrounding county that is more tax favorable. Then building that we own is ...

If it’s legal, would it be as simple as putting a disclosure into my contract allowing my realtor to put the property on the MLS? Not sure how that works, anyone doing it in Illinois please respond here

Hello, BiggerPockets!It’s great to finally create my first post after lurking for a few months now. I thought it was important to build a foundation of basic knowledge before I came here to build upon that foundation ...

Hey BiggerPockets family,
I live in an expensive market, Chicago, where the numbers are difficult to make things work for a house hack.  The latest BP podcast got me thinking about converting a single family house in...

Hello all, I'm a first-time home buyer looking to buy my first property in Chicago, IL and surrounding suburbs. Looking to house hack preferably a multi-family home or single family with a ADU unit. Any leads would be...