I'm in the process of buying a Duplex, it is a short sale and the Listing agent has been taking his time on getting anything accomplished. According to both my realtor and my lender he is not returning their phone cal...

A professional gambler friend of mine wants to buy a house. Since he is self-employed, the only records of his income are his annual IRS forms.

He's planning to present forms with enlarged figures for his annual inco...

We cleaned up our single family property after it was vacated, fixed a few things, had the carpets in bedrooms professionally cleaned, and painted all the interiors. Then advertised at Craigslist, Zillow and FB Market...

I have a lot of questions so bare with me with this lengthy post... I am brand new in the real estate world and have done a lot of research but seem to get mixed opinions/answers so I figured I would take it to the ex...

Hello BP community,  I just listed my first property for rent and the response has been overwhelming. When trying to determine a fair rental amount, I consulted with a property manager and she asked me to lower the re...

Hey BP Chicago! I am about to close on my second rental property in Bucktown. I used an agent to list out my first property but want to list this one on my own to save some $. Was going to use Apartments.com and other...

Look out lawyers lol.

I've been a BP fan for years but I've never leveraged the resources of this great community.  So here goes...  (Point me in the right direction if I've posted in the wrong section or if there's existing threads on thi...

I have a 3 bedroom property in Philadelphia which I have successfully rented for the past 3 years.  My first group of tenants were 3 grad students who all had co-signers and they were perfect tenants.  My second rente...

We have a tenant that had a known sex-offender living with her, even though the lease says she cannot have anyone else. A neighbor complained and the local police and state police arrested and removed him due to anoth...