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...

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 ...

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

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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...

So I found a property that I’m curious about. I don’t think I am in a position to buy it but I’m very curious if it is a good deal, so that if in the future I come across something like this again, I would be better i...

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...