David Woz
Screening a Small Business Owner
We made a tough family decision to move my mom into a senior living environment from her family home. I decided to rent the house instead of sell it and in preparation, gave the house a much needed makeover.Part of ...
Andrew Hatcher
Creative Property Management Payment Structure
Would you be more interested in hiring a Property Management Company that charges 7-10% of the monthly rent and 50% of one months rent for a move in fee or one that charges a low monthly fee, say 5% of the rent, and ...
Bob Floss II
1 in 10 City of Chicago Properties Have Delinquent Taxes
https://chicagocitywire.com/st...More than 163,000 Cook County property taxpayers didn’t pay their
bills this year, according to an analysis of Cook County Treasurer
records by Chicago City Wire. That’s about 9 pe...
Ken Sanders
Primary Residence Exclusion - Claim Twice Within Two Years?
In the Summer of 2011 I sold my primary residence for a sizable gain. I had the house for over two years and am single, so I was entitled to the $250k exclusion.
I have owned my new primary residence since December 2...
Account Closed
Direct Mail using Microsoft Access
Are any of you all familiar with how people are using Microsoft Access as a way of saving property information and being able to filter their results for direct mail. All i can conclude is that one would build a l...
Darrin B.
Greetings from NEPA!
Good morning to all! I've only recently stumbled upon this amazing site! The wealth of knowledge here is VERY impressive!! I am a business professional in the world of finance and have about ZERO knowledge in the real...
Ken T.
Burned home lead
Hello! Unfortunately there have been two large fires in my area. Although I feel bad for even seeing this as a business opportunity I would like to get some insight on whether or not I should pursue these "leads".I am...
Kyle Shankin
So, I was robbed..What do you do for security?
My wife and I have a rental that we've been rehabbing for 6 months, this house was the pits when we got it. Structural issues, dirty as all get out, holes in the garage roof...the list goes on. We're at the end of the...
Christopher Taylor
Is this strategy feasible or am I off base?
If I currently own 1 owner occupied multi unit that I utilized Fha funding for, and then form an LLC which I use to acquire an investment property with partners for the purpose of flipping, will I still be able to per...
Brennan Crick
New investing Strategy idea?? Can this work?
Hello BP community! This is my first post and I'm also a newbie in real estate investing. I've been "sharpening my axe" for some years now and I finally took the step out of my comfort zone to begin my journey as an i...