Hi, I currently have an out of state rental property that needs some major roofing work. And I know almost nothing about good roofing materials. I've been trying to read articles and watch videos to familiarize myself...

I have my first property under contract which is a duplex. Top unit occupied and rents for 800, bottom unit occupied which rents for 1200. Purchase price is 160k, appraisal came in at 175k. PITI is 1253. All sounds gr...

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a newbie here from Chicago, Logan Square area. a two part post here...
there is a new ADU pilot program in Chicago, and I am planning to build a garage top ADU, move there, and then fix up my crumbling t...

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I wanted to quickly introduce myself and say hi as a new member. I have a property that I'm looking at that has some water damage on the inside (ceiling damage) in 2 spots. If the roof had leaked so muc...

I have heard this is a no no, but I don't recall ever hearing why it's bad.I have confirmed hail damage on three roofs. Is there a down side if I file these as a claim? Am I guaranteed the policy will be cancelled? I ...

The owner is claiming that the gas cost is $2500 a year. Seems a little low for Chicago no? What do you think? He's also claiming $4200 for insurance. I'm checking with my insurance agent later this morning to see if ...

Hi BP LA team,  My mom recently moved to Texas and is having issues trying to manage repairs on her property in the Los Angeles area, close to Inglewood (near Manchester & Normandie)  Her property management compa...

I have a house I'm rehabbing that the exterior is in good shape except the prior owner had a window a/c through the wall right next to the front door. I need to replace 2 pieces of 4'x8' 3/8" thick textured reverse b...

Hello BP community, my name is Elijah. I'm a newbie investor and I'm still fishing for my first deal. I have a deal with a lot of Sub2 potential, but I'm not sure how I should structure the deal or what contracts to u...

We're selling a duplex in a bad neighborhood. We're trying to decide how far to go fixing it up. It looks pretty shabby outside, roof is so so, coolers and electric not great. But the inside is good. We had to rehab o...