Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy).  Property taxes are already high, but ...

After many of the Ashcroft capital syndications paused distributions, I get this surprise email this morning saying all LP investors need to pay additional 19.7% of invested capital call  anyone have experience with c...

Twice recently people have told me of this new strategy to use a HELOC to pay off your mortgage faster.  You essentially take out a HELOC to pay off your first lien, and then use that account to direct deposit your pa...

How would you recommend someone learning about real estate to find deals that could have seller financing? As a college student, I have a capital problem, so if I wanted to get into the game, a seller finance deal cou...

I'm looking to find my first investment property in the Richmond, VA area but kind of at a loss on where to start. I've heard a lot of podcasts and read a lot about sending out post cards and going to the courts to fi...

Hey everyone,I walked through a pretty run-down house the other day that was completely infested with cats. It looked like something out of the TV show "Hoarders." The (formerly) nice wooden floors were soaked with ca...

Good evening BP.  I have a few questions that I'd like to bounce off of the community regarding a couple properties that I have under contract.  1)  Do I have to honor the full terms of the lease or am I able to move ...

I have had this dilemma about a property I bought back in 08. It has an HOA lien on the property of $7900 and it would probably sell for no more than $10k. I paid $1 plus filing fees for it back in 08. Taxes currently...