Hi,  My husband and I have partnered with another person and we have begun to buy rental properties together (we are about to close on one property, and in escrow on another).  We own 50% of the properties and our par...

Hello,So far we have 4 sfr in 3 different states. I'm looking at an 8 unit apartment complex. Is it considered commercial financing?  And is that typically 30% down?  I already have 4 conventional loans, so I'm not ev...

I am looking into installing a fire alarm system in a 7 unit apartment building that I own.  I would like to do the work myself. I do a lot of the work myself on 1-4 unit buildings. Does anyone here do their own work ...

Hello, I am a new investor in the Chicago area and am struggling with learning quickbooks and setting it up specifically for managing a rental business. I am not an accountant but I loosely understand how to read fina...

I am investigating purchasing another long term buy and hold property that has a septic tank.  The market I am looking in seems to have decent returns so I am interested but in my opinion having septic vs. sewer is a ...

Should I offer due diligence money as part of my bid? I understand this is different than earnest money. Thanks!

Ignore the title of the post, please. I can't change it. Hi, As I research structuring, I have a few questions.   Any help is greatly appreciated.  Assume a sole prop Owner moving property management to member managed...

With residential it’s pretty easy to follow sales and develop an understanding of markets. Commercial seems much more difficult to find the comparable data. I don’t want to use a broker’s time yet because I’m just loo...

Has anyone worked with taking a real estate data set such as building permits, real estate sales, etc. and used a Big Data too like Tableau to visualize the data?  I have started to look at my local market to see what...

Hey guys! I am new to real estate and i want to know where to start?I want to get in the rental property business with the 4plex etc.Which books do you recommand for get the good basics?Or are there other good sources...