Jan B.
Have I been ripped off from wholesaler?
I just closed today on my first flip this morning and gave the closer a check for the full price of the property.County records reflect that the owner is Mr Tom Smith. He is in another city and left the property as i...
Francis Rusnak
Proper Screening for Tenants in Cook County
In episode 85 of Straight Up Chicago Investor podcasts, @Mark Ainley talks about how in the last few years you are required to not pull credit/background check until the initial screening is approved. He said he'd put...
Mark Cruse
LLC funding/credit
I'm attempting to build a pattern of good credit history so I could get loans in my company name. I assumed when I acquired a credit card in the business name it would be separate from my personal credit report; it wa...
Jered Sturm
Transitioning to quick books. Good resources/ recommendation for the initial set up?
For a long time we have done our book keeping in excel. Over the last few months we have transitioned our rental company onto Buildium using their accounting software. We liked it so much that we have decided to trans...
Ben M.
Tenant pay renewal fee
Is it standard for property management to charge renewal fees to tenants if they want to renew their lease?
Amit Sharan
Property management for rentals - no accounting system needed?
Hi BP,I've just bought a couple of multi-family properties and am getting started with the buy and hold real estate investing. I did my math and have decided to use a professional property management company to deal w...
Viktor Bokun
how to check title report
HiI have a question for anyone who buys properties from auction.com. Do you trust title report that's provided by auction.com? Is their title report accurate? Or do you check title report on your own? if you your're c...
Hannah Williams
Title Company = Not responsible for clearing title?
I purchased a home in a tax foreclosure a year and a half ago. I now have a sales contract on the table, and we are currently waiting on title work. I was just informed that there is an issue with title because the co...
Dave Butler
Is your credit SCORE more important than the credit history?
If I apply to refinance my house, will the credit score be all the bank looks at? I had perfect credit until a credit card company failed to mail me my statement for 3 months, and then canceled my card and reported 3...
Jamie Dzierwa
business credit/ d and b questions
Hello all,
So I have been building my business credit the past 6 months.I've been working with a company that assists you in building business credit, and they send me my credit report monthly. As of now, I have a pa...