I own a 2 flat brick building in Chicago. Over the years some brick cracks and other outside work has accumulated. Some concrete areas around the building need to  be fixed. I would guesstimate 20-40k in repairs.  I h...

Chicago investors/landlords: I'm curious to know what your thoughts are on this potential change. Mayor Emanuel’s latest five-year housing plan (passed in December by the City Council) included a section that mentione...

I want to add another tool to my belt for purchasing real estate and want to get an idea on how much it would cost to purchase a tear down and build new construction in my area? How can I get a good idea on how much i...

I have a agent/contact this is considering doing sales listing for a flat fee in the Phoenix market and am trying to help them gauge interest and get some marketing feedback.If you are a flipper / volume seller in the...

Hi, I'm closing on a multi-family 4-plex in Phoenix and I'm starting to research property management companies.  I've noticed that some charge a flat rate vs taking a percentage of the total rental income.  The flat r...

I'm an experienced builder who lost a lot of money when I invested into restaurants.  Hard lessoned learned, stick to what you know.  I'm trying to get back to my first love of custom home building.  The market I'm in...

Hi all - we have an ADU in our single family home and have been including the cost of utilities in the ADU rent. We recently started charging our tenants a $100 flat rate to help cover some of our soaring utility cost...

Hi everyone,I have a couple properties managed by a prop management that charges me a flat rate fee monthly. I seem to constantly have repairs for an 8 year old home (which the tenant does not even pay on time), inclu...

I currently own a pre-fire 3 flat (aka VERY OLD, 100+ years) in a very desirable neighborhood of Chicago and when we purchased it, we purchased it for the land value (tear downs all up and down our block). The house i...

Hi thereI'm currently looking at buying some properties but during this process i've been thinking about hard money loans for others.Can anyone give me a sense of how much you can make on a hard money loan. What i mea...