I’m 17 and will be 18 in two months. My first goal into to real estate is to house hack a duplex or any type of multiplex. My plan right now is to save 400 every month for 4 years I’ll be 22 and I’ll have $20,000. I’...

Hi, I just read a very similar discussion where the poster asked about a better method of collecting rents than direct bank deposit by tenants.  Some of the comments were to use Cozy or ACH payments? I didn't quite un...

Private equity is starting to pay attention to this ever growing trend in private money lending of raising capital via crowdfunding platforms, also called peer-to-peer lending (P2P Lending). For those who still don’t ...

Hello, Folks,I'm looking for other folks' takes on the housing market in the suburban and Metro Chicago areas.For example, ...Rehabs and Fix-and-flips: When you went to sell, how was your time-on-market compared to wh...

Would you ever consider wholesaling to a consumer rather then an investor if you could not find an investor in the deal? The situation I have in mind for this would be for houses with no equity in them however you get...

Well, its taken about 4 to 5 years for interest rates to drop about 3 percent, so roughly .75 percent per year. How fast do you thinnk they will rise? How fast can they rise? I am not well versed on what happened in t...

Hey everybody:)I am looking to buy another rental property, I have enough equity in my main residence and in my first rental property to get me another property. Should I use the equity in my primary residence or from...

Can you recommend any websites for comparing appliances?  We are looking for a new washer and dryer for our personal residence, and the options are head spinning!

In this week’s blog, I am turning it over to Cole Thompson. He uses his 25 years of experience to offer insight on the parallels between the market during 2007-2012 and today’s market.
As a seasoned professional in ...

I have student loans that I am paying. I just pulled my credit report and they are greatly affecting my overall debt/available ratio. What happens if I pay off one of the loans, do I lose that debt + what is available...