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I was recently in Los Angeles and I saw all sort of posters in Korea town - which has a lot of hard working people who have brought it up from the 90s -- LA riots, slums, etc. There are posters that say "Housing is a ...
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Hello, I am new to the forum, hello to all!My questions is, I was contacted to assist in marketing 20+ turn key properties for a gentleman in [REMOVED]. But he doesn't want the properties marketing in the mls system...
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I'm a newbie, and for my first investment I'm gearing towards an out of State STR, where I can also use as a vacation home and depending where I'm at in my life, retire there. Is an STR a bad idea as a first investmen...
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Does any body else feel guilty about running their real-estate agent around to look at low end properties and having them make countless low offers? My top budget is $150,000 so the commission isn’t going to be great...
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Good morning all,I believe I’m finally ready to list my first property today which is a townhouse located in Hoffman Estates, IL (Cook County). I’ll be using Cozy to help me out. I’ve been doing some research using th...
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So I'm in Chicago. Two six flats. 8/12 tenants now not paying rent. I've been talking to other landlords and it's the same story. I have two buddies with 60 units between them. They're are mostly 1 bedrooms. Rent is u...
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Hello everyone,We own a SFH rental that has been leased since March of this year. I handed keys over to property management at the end of last year and they got to work advertising, got a tenant in there, everything w...
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hi there,I'm about to get my first property under contract using owner financing by 10% down and all payments going towards principal for 20 years! My question is the previous owner still has the first lien on the hou...
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If a RE investment and Stock investment return the same amount of ROI over a 15 year period and then sold which is the better investment? Assuming a 1031 is not used (they may not exist in 15 years), do certain struc...
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Hi,During an inspection, I found that a tenant put padlocks on all rooms with doors without permission. He said that it is his right to have locks if contractors, etc enter his unit. Additionally, he will not provide ...