Mark Shelstad
Upgrading residential water service in Chicago
Greetings- I am looking for advice or a recommendation concerning the very high cost to upgrade water service in Chicago. Inspectors are aggressively insisting on upgraded service in many cases where it is not needed....
Chris Harrington
I dropped the ball!
You know if you let a problem fester you can count on it getting worse!Just evicted a tenant in a 6 plex we own. He has been there for years and pretty much paid his rent on time. Didn't cause any issues and no comp...
J. Martin
Construction/Rehab in the Bay Area - What are you doing/seeing?
I saw a post by @Andrew Eaton earlier today, and recently was introduced to Shiloe B. , are you doing any projects up here? Or know anyone who is? I've been seeing a lot of people taking small houses, such as 2br/1ba,...
Keisha Barnes
Opinions needed
Hi everyone,
We're newbies but have been following BP for a few months. We had our 1st appt today & just thought we'd ask for some opinions. Not sure which forum to post this on so I'm trying this.... It didnt go...
Elizabeth Wilson
Humor in the grossness of a foreclosure..
We bought a REO and finally got to do the first walk through this weekend.By the time I got to the master bath, the stench was almost overwhelming. But then when I say their most recent reading choices, I lost it!At ...
Lesley Resnick
CPA - HELP! TAX planning questions for BRRRR
I am starting to do my tax planning for the year....ERRRRI am trying to figure out how much I can deduct from a BRRR project. I am not clear on the de minims vs 179 vs bonus depreciation vs 27.5 years depreciation My ...
Lauren Hogan
Why Do You Invest in Tennessee? (Testimonial for BP!)
BiggerPockets! I work at BP and I'm working on building a landing page for Tennessee and the cities of Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Memphis. Would anyone be willing to share why you choose to invest in any of these cit...
Joel Fine
"Complaint resolution" clause: would like feedback
Hi,I'm looking for some feedback from the Bigger Pockets community.I'm looking for a Property Manager to manage a rental property I'm buying in Texas (my first).I found a local Property Manager with a stellar reputati...
Robert Williams
Title company in Illinois refuse to do a double close…
So I have been calling around trying to get lists from title companies in Illinois (no lick as of yet) but was informed by all of them that they cannot do double closings unless the first transaction is escrowed, or t...
Dean Klein
Bad neighborhood... smoking deal
First I want to say hi, I am fairly new to the forum but I have been reading alot of posts and discussions. There's a fairly big town 30 min from me and the real estate market is definitely a buyer's market, and there...