What the Big boys and booksellers dont tell you, is, they are free, but not really!  What do I mean?  In the same manner they chuckle at the profits, overseeing the trade minions doing the real work,and teams they’ve ...

So yeah obviously I am new here, but I am also new to the whole real estate world. My interest in real estate is fueled by my endless ideas, I can always tell myself what I want to do but in the end I'm just telling m...

Our Director of Operations, @Scott Trench , is quite young in the grand scheme of things.But his experience level raises his age considerably, and his thought processes show just how wise-beyond-his-years he truly is....

I've heard some success stories of getting rentals in not so good neighbor hoods.  I have heard the horror stories as well.  For those who have success in those neighborhoods, where do you draw the line.  What are som...

I am from Hanover Park, IL ... about 30 miles outside Chicago and I am looking to execute buy and hold strategies along with a flip or two per year. Specifically, I want to buy one property per year and flip one or t...

I have heard many bad deals what was the biggest horror story you have had with buying a rental property?

Looking over my insurance polices I’ve noticed that I pay for “Escape of water from sump” says it covers sewer line backup or interior drains outside of flood water… the cost is tremendous does anyone else carry this?...

I am actively searching for my first deal for a flip and I feel split between two schools of thought that I have heard through various BiggerPockets resources:School 1: get a property at a great discount and have a th...

I have spent a large part of my life shrouding myself in secrecy. I didn't want people knowing what I was up to or how I knew what I knew. Part of me feared that by letting someone know these things, they would see th...

I purchased a house in Edmonton that has a horizontal crack the entire length of one wall as well as at least one vertical crack.

The work has been repaired but the seller never disclosed that the crack was t...