I have evicted tenants before but here in Illinois it is time consuming and costly.  Looking for creative ways to get tenant out legally. Buy them out, etc.

Hi All,I've found my way to this site from multiple channels, let's see what it's about! My wife and I are looking to start investing in real estate and have been researching for a while now. To avoid the analysis par...

Hey Everyone,There has been some good discussion about Gastonia lately, particularly in this thread started by @Johnny Szeto. While there has been some excellent discussion and some anecdotal evidence shared by @Ty...

Hello BP Community - What has been your experience with full-time furnished/vacation rentals in San Francisco vs. a regular long-term rental? What tips do you have about doing this effectively? Finding tenants? (corpo...

This is a bit of a public service announcement.  Rant mode is on- but this should prove entertaining and educational so bear with me.I made the mistake yesterday of using the little "contact agent" form on Zillow.  Wi...

Hi all!! I am a brand new agent and long time teacher.I am in the process of finding a firm that is the right fit and making it full time.Question: IS it the norm for new agents to start as buyers agents? Is it an uns...

I'm wanting to "break into investing" by getting an investment property that I can somehow put under contract, and collect the cash flow. I have people who can do various maintenance needs if things need to be fixed....

Hi, I'm curious about areas outside of Arizona? I've been looking at Kansas City, Memphis, and various areas in Ohio. Kansas city is a high interest interest for me based on the amount of cash flow I've seen listed fo...

I am trying to do my own screening/renting on my next rental. I have heard a lot of people say they do not look too closely at credit, but I wanted to get some opinions from others.

Do you look closely at cr...