I am wondering if there are people on here who had success investing in Illinois? I live in Illinois, suburbs of Chicago. The high property taxes , negative population growth all had me rule out Illinois as a potenti...

Hello everybody,The following is all theory and I am putting it out there for the community to correct my process not exactly the numbers.I am doing my homework and trying to analyze 5 deals a day. Working on getting ...

So I was browsing on "another" forum and saw this posted. Admittedly, it gave me a glimmer of hope for this country's future.

Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling in Graduation Speech

by Erica Goldson

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Hello everyone, my name is Bernard Antwi. I am a software developer and very new to real estate investing. I came across biggerpockets on google while I was searching for ideas on how to buy properties without a huge ...

Hello fellow Canadians ! , Very new , this looks like a great community to be a part of , and learn as first time investors. My girlfriend and I have been looking at homes for the last month , but have only been getti...

Hello BPers! This has been a question/issue that I have been trying to figure out for a while now. I plan on purchasing my first property within in the next year. I have VA loans available to me but I'm unsure of how/...

Hello BP Community! Finally signed up to this platform, probably should've done a while back! Born and raised Chicagoan and dived in head 1st in the market over a year ago, took a chance on a 2 flat all brick multi-fa...

A huge congrats goes out to Al and Heidi Wang on their very first flip! a few months ago I connected with Al on BP. He and his wife had for some time been interested in a flip. After attending a meeting with my group ...

So, I'm looking at HUD's fair market rent for the area I just purchased a property in.  It is a few hundred below what my inspector friend [who is also a landlord] told me I could get for the place.  What exactly does...

Hi BP, Me and my husband have been really thinking about all the different ways we could finance our first flip and its more and more looking like we will have to do a hard money lender or private lender. Every time I...