I am renovating a 40 year old house and the HVAC system and electrical system are the original. Since my background is in Electronics and IT is this something I can tackle myself? I have a $20,000 budget and so far th...

Hi I am new to this site and I'm in need of advice. I have been contacted by an agent letting me know of two of her shortsale listing that she guarantee the owners will take my offer. I went to see the houses and s...

I've read that you should always have a realtor as part of your dream team. How can a realtor assist you? How much commision should you pay a realtor?

So I decided to give a shout out to bigger pockets. I decided to start investing in real estate 18 months ago at the time I owned 1 condo that had been in the family for years. It was in a nice neighborhood was payed ...

Hello All,My name is Tyrone and I am new to the whole concept of real estate and investing. I am currently listening to BiggerPockets podcast. I’m trying to gain as much knowledge as possible on how to buy, sale and s...

I help a lot of landlords buy and rent out Chicagoland rental buildings. -- On occasion, the rental unit has gotten to be too outdated to attract quality renters.How do you determine the quality level for upgrades in ...

This is such a basic question, but I don't quite understand the basics of it.

If my income increases by 3.5% per year (that's my current raise per year per our contract) and inflation has been between 3-5% pe...

I'm trying to sell a house I own. The price I've listed it at reflects no agent commissions (-6%). If an agent approaches me with an interested buyer, can I agree to work with them if I tell them the buyer would need ...

There are a lot of discussions on the site about starting out, but I find that those discussions where people share the challenges they went through on difficult deals are the best to learn from.

So . . .

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