Hey everyone. I thought it would be helpful to document my thought process as I start in real estate investing...mainly for myself but maybe it will help others somehow. Learn from my mistakes, but hopefully my succes...

I grew up in the Central High area and went to school there.  I am interested in helping to revitalize the area and bring back the greenness of the 50s/60s/70s, building a bedroom community for baby boomers and encour...

What's up bigger pockets world!
I can't seem to settle on LOCATION.
I'll admit that this might be more of a hand holding guidance kind of question, so I do apologize for any of those on the forum that doesn't apprec...

Curious about everyone's thoughts on this. 2020 was a weird year for so many reasons, but one result of the pandemic here in Chicago was a temporary decrease in Assessed Value of properties for the 2020 fiscal year. O...

I just want to know that For how long is it ok to hold a rental property after buying it? When is a good time to sell?

I know this is probably a terribly stupid question, but I was not pleased when I saw that escrow on a $96.5k loan was nearly the principle; like $3xx and change! Thats crazy!
So what exactly is escrow, and why do I ha...

I called a FSBO house in my neighborhood and started talking to this lovely 73 year old lady. As we continued to have our conversation she stated that she also had a 300+ storage unit complex with retail on the same p...

Hey everyone,

The flood happening with the Mississippi River is making me even more cautious about flood levels of the properties I buy. What is the best way for me to go about finding out if the level is low, med or...

My father, two sisters and I have recently inherited a vacant small commercial lot (0.23ac) in Tennessee near a growing interstate exit and are not sure how to maximize cash flow with it.  We currently rent it two mon...

Hi guys we are moving to Texas and I'm going to start investing in real state but because we know nothing about flipping houses or wholesaling we are buying a primary staying for a year and rent it out as soon as we a...