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Sid Franklin Chicago/Illinois Property Tax Hikes Making Me Jittery About Investing
15 December 2017 | 203 replies

Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy).  Property taxes are already high, but ...

Matt Cramer Another post on how much Detroit sucks?
13 July 2015 | 56 replies

I keep hearing about how much Detroit is the worst etc on the podcast. I have a feeling it's mainly being referred to as the scams that go on there and the people who take advantage of new investors. So rather than sa...

James Wise CLEVELAND EVICTION ENDS IN A DEADLY SHOOTOUT
22 February 2015 | 45 replies

For those that think investing in the Ghetto really is not as dangerous as they say please take a look at this video. We actually know these particular bailiffs. They have done several evictions for us & have told...

Zach Jones How are you able to create positive CF in this high interest market?
13 November 2023 | 45 replies

So I'm a fan of MF investing.. I've been looking at traditional financing with 25% down (it sucks I know but I've saved and don't know of better options currently) and I've even considered going FHA at 3% IF I could f...

Jen L. What's your avg move-out reno cost? Still cash flowing?
1 May 2017 | 74 replies

Hi investors,My first tenant moved out after 7 years and it is costing me $7-8k to fix!  What's your average move-out reno cost?  And how many years of cash flow is it wiping out?  This is my first move-out and I"m fi...

Lillian Burke Housing for Poor People
26 March 2020 | 36 replies

Recently, I read "Nomadland" about people who are poor or living on minimal social security and trying to get by. Some of my relatives have problems paying for housing and they don't understand how to navigate the sys...

Account Closed Most apartment markets are near the peak -- buyer beware
4 April 2016 | 60 replies

I'm just posting this as a warning for newbies.  Obviously, no one can predict the future and no one knows what's going to happen next year, the year after, etc.  But most apartment markets are at or near the peak in ...

Scott Trench Who's at the most financial/leverage risk in a recession?
22 June 2022 | 38 replies

Hi Team - I wanted to walk through a couple of quick thoughts on what I see as the most at-risk parties in a potential recession. 1) Middle-Class Homeowners - A middle-class homeowner reliant on one source of income, ...