We plan to turn our current house hack into a long term rental. We just discovered a crack in the concrete slab foundation that is a borderline major problem:- It is a vertical crack about 1/8 inch wide that is at lea...

My father rented a 6 bedroom, 3 bath home to 10 people before he passed away last year for 3,100/month. Now that the lease is expiring soon ,the tenants are asking for a rent decrease because five people will move out...

I am a relatively new agent. Real estate has treated me well so far but i have to be honest, I HATE calling leads whether they be buyers or sellers. I dread it. Its the worst part of the day and often I do not do it. ...

Hi, I am a newbie, as you can tell from the title of this post. I have been researching on and off over the past 6-8 months, but can't really answer my first basic question, what is the most profitable / right market ...

OK so this is kind of a pet peeve of mine.I frequently see posts that say "I'm looking for _________ in __________." These posts inevitably include a moderator comment that says "Recommendations only. Do not offer you...

Hello BP,
This post is mainly for my fellow Chicago investors.  I've heard about a just cause ordinance that is being proposed.  I took a very high level look at it and the proposal is quite ridiculous. For example, ...

Hello! I believe you cannot but wanted to double-check since I couldn't get a real answer out of my google searching... Can I purchase a house in cash and then refinance into an FHA loan? Thanks in advance.

It's getting harder to buy a home in Canada, which is great for investors! Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) insures mortgages with less than a 20% downpayment, and they are tightening up the qualifying ...

I'm almost finished reading The Book on Real Estate Investing, and I'm reading a lot of articles about the benefits of getting my own RE license.Do you think it's worth it? What are the pros/cons?

My keyword settings keep me seeing forum posts about LLCs. Inevitably, discussions of LLCs (and the constellation of issues related to them) reinforce the need to work with professionals: attorneys and CPAs espec...