Hi everyone,I searched, but couldn't find anything, so am starting this post. I have rentals in decent, middle class neighborhoods, sort of upple middle of the spectrum in the area. My objective is to decrease vacanci...

Good contractors are so hard to find?

I dont have any experience dealing with contractors, but I frequent several REI message boards and it seems to me that one of the biggest complaints I see over and over is how ha...

I'm working on a blog post for the BiggerPockets Blog and I'm curious:

How nice do you make your rentals before putting a tenant in?

Specifically, I'm writing about turning a primary residence into a rental, but t...

Wondering if I can place luxury vinyl plank flooring right over existing ceramic tile without having to level the grout lines. The grout lines themselves are not much deeper than the top of the ceramic tile(See pictur...

What do you get when you mix a few arrests, drug dealing and unpaid property taxes? My first BRRRR property that's what! Back in early June, the city released their list of unpaid property taxes from the year prior. I...

What's the difference between getting a property under contract with the intent to market to flippers vs landlords?

Obviously if the price is right, both will be interested. Should I stick with my formula (ARV * .7...

Hello everyone. I'm new to real estate investing and am in the process of putting together a business strategy to begin wholesaling in Chicago/Chicagoland area. I want to put most of my efforts into marketing to motiv...

So we inherited a tenant who has lived in the same unit for over 30 years and the place smells like feces, urine, among other things.   Shes an older woman in her 90's who can't really take care of it herself, and cle...

Hi, I am trying to analyze an opportunity that I may have with an investor in Youngstown, specifically the zip codes I mentioned in the subject. It seems as though properties can be bought very cheap and with about $2...

Hello everyone,I have a single family rental in a A quality neighborhood that has been nothing but fantastic for the past year and a half. The original tenant was a Godsend and honestly just paid us to use the 1350ft^...