I purchased a single family home good quality location in Chicago’s Northwest Suburbs in Cook County as a personal residence. At the time of purchase, I knew I might not want to stay indefinitely and at some point to...

Two nights ago, I attended a meeting in Prince George's County about buy and hold investing as well as managing your own properties. So I'm just going to jump into some of the things we went over. Feel free to add any...

Is there such a thing as a "flagrant" eviction?  Is it a completely black and white answer...if they have an eviction....never ever ever rent to them?  Or is there any logic to consider for accepting an applicant with...

Hi everyone,A few weeks ago I was thinking about all of the technologies and services that we use to run our investment/property management operation and decided a visual was in order to map it all out. I'm an IT guy ...

Hello. I do most of learning from podcasts and videos from YouTube. I feel that I have a good plan for myself by selling several of my homes and buying a multifamily unit with a 1031 exchange.

However I feel so...

Just turned 60 and want to move my money out of my workplace investments (mix of 401k, IRAs) with Fidelity.  I own 3 homes (2 outright) and one is a vacation home rental that I owe just under a 1/2 mill on. Note: It p...

Hello,I was trying to get a 48 unit complex (rural but stable area with just under 10% cap) under contract. There were 2 offers being considered by the seller (ours and that of another group) and we were asked for hig...

Just got this house in Cleveland Heights. Trying to dress up the front. Looking for color ideas for the porch and possibly the house, the white is pretty dingy.

I've been a longtime lurker, but this is my first venture and post, really need help/advice.I've been under contract to purchase a 2 flat in the Jeff/Portage Park neighborhood of Chicago, it was a not approved short s...