Hey Members,Hopefully everyone is having a great weekend.  I'm looking for some feedback from investors, agents or other real estate professional in the Chicagoland area.  My wife and I met with a real estate agent  i...

Anyone else get frustrated by those HGTV shows that make it look so easy to flip a home? Flipping a home is a business and like any other - it requires knowledge and planning to actually be successful. I can't tell yo...

Hello all,-I started an investing group for physicians. We have 1350 members in just 3 months. The group would like to pool capital and invest in real estate.-Initially I planned to syndicate myself. I am starting to ...

I haven't seen much discussion on targeted real estate markets and I don't see this category on the forum. Rich's post caused me to wonder what RE markets everyone thinks are the best to invest in. Where are you inv...

I made a post about a year ago asking for advice on investing some inheritance money. My grandpa's estate turned out to be incredibly complex and still hasn't been distributed, but due to some other deaths in the fami...

My tenants, a nice young couple, want to get a dog. They've been a year in the apartment and everything is fine so far. They say that they both were raised with the dogs and are experienced. I have no experience with ...

Hi BP Community,I bought a duplex in 2009 in San Diego and have accumulated equity (on paper), but it has never cash flowed.  I have since relocated to Georgia and I'm  considering cashing out in San Diego to build a ...

I’m interested in hearing everyone’s best piece of real estate advice they ever received.

I’ll start: “Speak softly, and carry a big portfolio!”

Hello,Does anyone have experience with using Securities Based Lending for funding deals? Specifically, I am looking at partnering with an individual who owns securities (stock and mutual funds) having them take out a ...

Hi, I got a potential tenant that has a service dog. I check tenant Facebook page, her dog is a pit bull. Is it legal in all 50 states to take a pet deposit for a service dog? I usually only take $50 for pet deposit (...