Hello fellow Chicago area investors,My name is Tim Koumoundouros.  I've been a long time follower of Biggerpockets and wanted to introduce myself and start to contribute to this great community.   Little bit about mys...

Hi everyone,I'm new to BP and REI.  One of the reasons I joined is because I need some advice already.  I just closed on my 1st investment property on 4/30.  Everything seemed great at first, but I'm already having ma...

Hello BP community,I recently connected with a contractor and when I asked if he was licensed and insured as a GC in DC this was his response:Yes we are. In Dc we work as partners with "XYZ Company" (I removed the nam...

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I am a real estate investor, i have extensive experience in the aforementioned market, and I would start with the prons
1) tax free
2) high yield in some Area
Cons
1) lack of data and reports related to r...

I am new to the short term rental market and just purchased our first a couple months ago in the Pocono Mountains,PA. It's up on the usual sites for rent and it's doing well. My question is, what is the standard rul...

You will have to get permits and disclose your contractor ...AB 968 requires the seller of a singlefamily residential property to disclose work done on the property, if the seller obtained title of the property within...

This is a good problem to have, but I have no idea what the best way is to handle it.  Hubs and I closed on our first ever income property last Friday.  It's an unoccupied duplex in a so-so part of town (but on the bo...

I inherited a tenant that was playing loud music at all hours of the night and having friends over where they would have weird screaming parties (drugs maybe?) Anyway, I send him a 30-day notice to leave the premises ...

Don't blame everything on interest rates - It's because wages haven't kept pace
My wife and I bought our first house in Seattle in 1986 for $78,000. It was in a safe, desired neighborhood, post card view of downtown,...