I am on the fence on making a LLC or just getting a liability umbrella. I live in Illinois and because they are digging for any kind of money they can get their greedy hands on the basic cost to file electronically is...
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Hello everyone, this is my first post. I'm looking for some helpful advice on a possible purchase of a quad plex. This would be my first investment property. I've found a ton of useful info on the site and have bee...
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Hi,I'm a co-owner of a full service real estate brokerage in Tucson, AZ, and we have a property management division that is in the growth phase. We are at approx 270 units managed, with 100+ owners. We don't really ta...
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Hello,I recently purchased my first rental property -- a 3/1 SFH in Detroit. These are the fees my property management company supplied in its contract. I'm curious if these seem reasonable/fair. Any thoughts are appr...
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Shout out to BP Agents and everyone else with an opinion on the matter:As a Seller's Agent, are Virtual Tours worth it? Do sellers care? Do buyers care to view them? Is it only worth it for luxury homes? If anyone has...
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Has anyone sat through the entire Connected Investors latest webinar? There are some big claims made in the teasers and wonder what the deal is. I gave up 35 minutes in after it started to smell too much of sales pitc...
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I recently came across some condos in my area ( Baltimore,MD) and the range from 90k to 130k in pretty good condition(minor repairs needed). My question is are condos a good investment the average mortgage is about $...
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One thing that was awkward about researching that family last weekend, was that when I pulled the lady's credit report using MySmartMove, it *only* gave me her credit info, not the husband's, nor the family's.
That's...
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Maybe you guys don't think like this... but when I do an appraisal I get paid a fee no matter how many hours I work; but, I keep track of my hours so I can calculate $/hr so I know what types of jobs I should focus my...
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Hey everyone,My names is Alex and I'm a beginning investor from the South Florida area. I've sent out over 700 letters this month to absentee owners and I'm starting to receive calls left and right but I'm kind of st...