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Hello BP and Chicagoland Investors.
The cook county board of commissioners passed the Residential Tenant and Landlord Ordinance. I found the proposed document on ChicagoEviction.com-https://www.chicagoeviction.co.....
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First of all, i will like to introduce myself. My name is Adrien, i'm a french / american, i have dual citizenship. I was born in the US, but lived in France my entire life. I left everything to try out America, but ...
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Hello All, New Member With A Question,I'm hoping to tap the collective wisdom about our situation. We (myself and spouse) are relatively new to landlording, say between 1-2 years (5+ years if you include renting to f...
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Hello BP Community,HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE TENANTS THAT MAKE US CRAZY?!??!?!?!!? I have been filled with anxiety for the past three days and it is emotionally exhausting. My husband and I accepted a retired couple to...
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I have my first rental property and my first tenant is a needy one. He literally calls at least once a week about a problem. Some were legit, like a running toilet. Others, not so much; such as his wife thinking there...
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1. If I offer a tenant $500 cash for keys, do I also give them the security deposit even though I don't have rent late into the month?2. When exactly does one offer this? If grace period ends on 5th of month, sending ...
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I'm still in education mode, I haven't purchased a house besides my own. I'm not fully understanding why private and hard money is so necessary. It seems that if you were solely in the business of flipping you would...
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Hello everyone, I have a two part question.1. If you buy a house sight unseen from a wholesaler are you then getting a full inspection or do you just go in and start fixing what you or your contractor think it need...
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There is a single family home for sale around the corner from the train station in Rahway New Jersey. It has been on the market for several months and the price has been reduced by $20,000 to $78,000. Based on the pic...
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I'm in the middle of a dispute with some tenants. The building's manager, whom I've known and worked with for 7 years, says that these tenants seem nice/normal and she hasn't had any problems with them.Unfortunately t...