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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 ...
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I'm a month into house hacking my 3 unit and I can't get people to rent because of the crowd of random people hanging out on the side walk between my place and the liquor store just north of me. I never saw anyone out...
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The latest one for me is my rehab contractor disappearing for 5 days. He finally returned my calls today and said a family member out of state had tree fall on their roof. He went to help fix it.But I find I stress ...
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The fed just announced 3 rate hikes in 2022 vs the original plan to hike only once at the tail end of 2022. What are your thoughts on how that will affect housing prices in 2022? Very low appreciation? I have a off ma...
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Hi, I'm Tom, and I'm very grateful to have found BiggerPockets because I can see the incredible effort th...
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Hello Friends! I'm a realtor working in the twin cities and I do a lot of good business. I got into real estate to pay off my student loans without really thinking too much about investing. However, the more I work wi...
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Anybody here ever invest with BAM capital as a passive investor?
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I viewed a property for 87K which is a homepath property and has been on the market for over 2 months. I called the listing agent to say I wanted to make an offer of 80K. He said if I could close by end of July he tho...