Hi BP! What would you do if you were in my shoesYou travel for work frequently which is paid for and reimbursed by the company you work at. What credit cards are you using to accumulate points for flights and hotels?W...

Hey folks - I'm in the process of looking at a few medium-sized multi-family properties (4 - 12 units) and am finding that for the commercial loan needed for 5+ unit properties, I'm stuff in a chicken and egg situatio...

The City of Chicago has recently streamlined its financial incentive programs for economic development within city limits. Historically, navigating the funding landscape was complex with differing program specific fun...

Surprise of surprises -- my wife has caught the REI bug by osmosis. She'll be able to do this full time, which is something I can't.

I'm setting her up with a marketing strategy (she'd better buy into it, I have a...

Hey guys, I'm currently reading and learning about real estate and even though I feel I am still about 8 months away from actually looking for a property I wanted to know, since I might look into conventional financin...

Im looking at a property thats a several hour drive from me so I wanted to to give the owner call and give a ball park offer to see if we are in the same range before driving there to take a look at the place. Ive alr...

Good Day Ladies & Gentleman.  Any suggestions please on drafting reasonable (acceptable to Vendor) Letter of Offer / Intent to Purchase Contract "ESCAPE" clauses?  I've scoured Forum & REI Educational Material...

Hello BP family, I am currently working with a residential property owner who is about to enter foreclosure proceedings. I was initially thinking of a lease back option, but reading through some of the forums it seems...

Under what circumstances does it make sense to pay cash for a rental property which will be held long term? There would be suficient cash left for repairs and maintenance for 1 year (in case, for very unlikely reason ...

For those licensed agents out there....when you buy a property for yourself, either personal residence or investment property, you typically receive the buyers agent commission.Is this considered taxable income? Or is...