Hello everyone,My name is Mark and I am a life-long Chicagoan. I come from a financial industry background, but am new to real estate investing and would like to start to get more involved in the industry. This post i...
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I've got a question about appliances. I'm getting my first property ready for rental in the Houston area, and a contractor who works with a lot of investors told me that I didn't need to put in a refrigerator. He said...
I was jsu wondering where does everyone buy their materials for their flips? I am based out of Chicago/Northwest Indiana area and I have found some places to get some really great deals and other places I have paid...
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I'm an international investor from Australia, I purchased my first ever note in November 2015. It was a non performing first mortgage with an UPB of 116k, secured by a triplex in Luzerne County, PA. It was in the fina...
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There is a property that has several small homes on it that are being rented out. It's a great little money maker property and it's been on the market for months.Where I'm at, it is very difficult to secure any conven...
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I found an abandoned land lot several years ago and claimed it under the Adverse Possession law. I filed a notice of adverse possession. I also paid 7 years of the unpaid property taxes so the parcel is now up to dat...
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Hello,
Im new at investing (1st property) and I’m looking into offering an all cash offer on a property and was wondering if it is wise to use a realtor or just use the listing agent? The home is in Indiana. We hav...
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Hello BP friends. Getting too many requests related to plumbing.Do you have any recommendation for that? I was thinking about updating contract to make tenants pay for expenses (plumbing issues)Last month expenses wer...
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Howdy folks,Hope every one is staying cool in hot, hot summer dog days!!Anyway, I been buying houses from wholesalers for myself and for my investors and happen to deal with wide variety of them. From big sharks to lo...
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Hello BP Family
I'm currently evaluating a deal where the property needs structural repairs.
People always advise against getting involved with structural work but I think I can gross about 2k a month in rental in...