Hi guys. My name is Matt and currently my wife and I have been living at the same apartment in Chicago for 3 years -- never late on rent. Long story short: My landlord raised the rent by $40 year two and $60 year thre...

I bought a non performing note in Kansas City. It is an institutional note that was originated in 11/2006. Next payment due was 1/2007. This was an investment property. I believe the borrower cashed out the propert...

I just got this text from one of my tenants.  They have decent (not great) credit, have always taken ownership in the property (maybe now I know why?), and never been late on their payments.  They're fully-employed, a...

Hey there. Thinking about doing Fortune Builders 3 day workshop. Has anyone out there done it? Would you recommend it? Any advice

Good afternoon everyone. I hope you all are well today. I'm reaching out today for some advice. I landed my first wholesale deal and I'm at a shortage of interested buyers. I'm a licensed realtor in NC and I would lik...

A few months back, I wrote about my success with taking a tenant to small claims court and winning a judgment of about $6,000.  But we all know it's not whether you win or lose in small claims court, it's whether you ...

Last year, I set up a self directed IRA in which I'd really like to use to invest in real estate. Initially I went back and forth on a few strategies on where to start, but i've narrowed it down to starting out on ...

I recently made some tenants move out of their 2 bedroom apartment because they were allowing their dogs to urinate all over the floors and carpets. The downstairs neighbor said he'd never seen them take their dogs ...

I found Rodney’s write-up of his deal incredibly helpful, so I wanted to give back with one of my own. Thanks for the inspiration!
Background
A little over a year ago, I was working in the entertainment industry in ...

I have been looking for a strip mall/ shopping center in my area and am not finding any below $3M that are priced based on cap rates or any obvious rational calculation. Also, at their asking prices, they would no...