Hi!I'm 21 years old and graduating from college with a computer science degree in 12 months. I have $25,000 in the bank and have the ability to move anywhere to work after college. I can live near Chicago with parents...

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                                           (Monday, August 17, 2020)
The pandemic has reinforced and exacerbated many of the inequities in our soci...

I'm sure most of you would never rent rooms in your own house that you're living in with a roommate, but... I need to. Nice house... quality finishes, though a bit older. I want to minimize damage, and make utilities...

I have recently come across a strategy that would shave my mortgage from 30 years down to 10ish years. I would basically convert my mortgage into a first lien Heloc. A calculator to see if this strategy would work for...

I've been looking for a 60+ unit apartment complex that would afford 3rd party management in the DFW area for several months without much luck. I've recently had a 32 unit deal basically fall in my lap and I've decid...

My wife and I have become increasingly interested in diversifying our portfolio and investing in real estate. Most of our non-liquid assets are invested in a low-cost, globally diversified ETF portfolio, but see a lot...

I just read "Walking the Tightrope between Debt and Leverage" by @Anthony Gayden where he talks about an impressive dig out from crushing debt. What I found interesting was that when he married his wife, she brought $...

I am renting a farm house and its old. It has 2 - 15 light exterior doors on it. The wind come in all around the doors, which have weather stripping around them and thru each of the 15 pains of glass. The doors nee...

I’m looking at a strip center in the $500k range. I could sell a few of my duplexes and 1031 into it but I’ve considered just syndicating it to gain some experience on a small deal. It’s a 100% occupied 12 cap deal wi...

After furnishing quite a few properties for short-term rentals, we generally have a pretty good sense of how much to budget for furnishing whenever we’re putting together a budget for new properties. Being able to bud...