Economic Update(Monday, November 16, 2020)
Last week, the stock market roared higher on the news that a highly effective Covid-19 vaccine appeared to be just on the horizon. That was great news, but there’s still ...

Economic Update
(Monday, July 27, 2020)

This week is a good week for real estate investors (particularly if you have a house for sale). Existing houses sales are up, new home sales are up, inventories are down...

I was just wondering if anyone on BP or have heard of any investor being called a "slum lord"? Would anyone else take offense to being called a "slum lord". It puts a bad taste in my mouth personally. Below is the sto...

In a couple of weeks, my wife and I will be closing on our first rental property (2 unit, duplex) here in Toledo, OH. We are excited to start our journey in rental property investing! I wanted to reach out to see if t...

There was recently a debate on this site about the licensing requirements to take pictures of a house in return for compensation. In that thread, I had a little rant about the creeping role of the licensing into all ...

Hi guys,I have a small studio unit that is due for a turnover so I wanted to take the opportunity to do some updates to hopefully attract a better tenant. I'm listing is at market price so I'm not dependent on the uni...

Hello BP Members,I signed up for upcoming CCIM CI-101 Course starting tomorrow (Monday October 12) in St. Louis. I have been investing in real estate since 2007 and acquired my Realtor / Broker license in January 2013...

I have a property that was supposed to close on July 30th. The lender/underwriter keep coming up with last minute things they need and have delayed closing twice. They have had this in escrow for almost 6 weeks now. T...