Hello, my name is A.J. Bolding.  I am a new to the investment side of real estate, but I do have some experience in the field.  I was in the mortgage industry from 2003-2007 and have a CA Real Estate License.  I am no...

I live in Columbia, Missouri. It is a college town. That simple.

It seems that rents here may be just a bit inflated (at least in my opinion). I am looking to invest in a duplex. (Live in one room and rent the res...

I am here to learn and apply my knowledge of REI! I have so many questions but the drive needed to become a success! I am a newbie to REI but not to new to being a business owner. I understand that anything worth havi...

I notice several members here use account aggregators like Mint. I'd like to begin doing the same, but my concern is that many banks don't support 'screen-scraping', and they warn customers not to give softwares acces...

I'm sure it's most likely frowned upon but on the smaller scale apartment buildings, during due diligence has anyone ever tried speaking with tenants to uncover any existing conditions or deferred maintenance problems...

Happy Monday everyone! I love Mondays because it is the start of a new week and a opportunity to be better than last week. Now what goals do you have that you will achieve this week? personal, business, anything you f...

We all know motivated sellers can be found from any lead source but I'd like to know what lead source most of these motivated sellers would be found in. There is (obviously) a distinct and profound factor of leads tha...

Hello everyone, I am finally having the opportunity to dive into this Real Estate beast. I just bought a batch of blank 18x24 yellow corrugated plastic signs. I read around on a few different places that its better ma...

Hello everybody! I just wanted to officially introduce myself to the BP community and acknowledge all the great people on here posting high quality information and articles. This is such a great resource for assist...

Greetings, folksOn my path towards my first purchase that I hope to make one day in a near future, I wanted to ask experienced investors in Chicago area an suburbs a couple of questions and I would love to hear your o...