Hello fellow BPers.   I've noticed alot of posts where people don't consider an 8% return to be worth a deal or feel it is taking on too much risk for an 8% return.  Whether it's investing in a turnkey property or a r...

Who here is working the short-term rental market in Chicago? I am a Chicago native, working in development for the last six years. I’d like to expand my investment portfolio into STRS, but it’s been challenging to get...

This is a question that came to my mind earlier today and I know that it's possible but I want to see what is the best and fastest way to acquire 20 rental properties in one year?

Hey everyone,I have been debating switching my primary real estate focus to multi-family and have been researching a lot of different mentorship programs in hopes to get right in working with folks who are experienced...

My wife are in our mid twenties. We don't have kids yet, but plan to eventually. The most important things to us are family and being good people. Both of us work full-time corporate jobs in the bay area, and neither ...

My tenant is not happy about the move in condition of my property. I had a real estate agent do the move out report and move in inspection. He is telling me he has an attorney documenting issues and telling me I decei...

I have a couple of rental properties in California that I "stumbled into" as I purchased primary residences and moved. This is going to be my first attempt at taking REI more seriously. I have a good career that allow...

I despise Property Management companies. I think a majority of them are thieves and thrive on nativity. I usually end up buying my properties from people who used PM companies and ended up needing to sell their proper...

Ok, so here is it. First I want to say that I love this web site.. Second "My situation" My wife and I got married about 5 years ago and neither of us were very finitely savvy so after we go married we bought a house...

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...