Hello! I've got a couple of investment properties (condo, townhome) in Chicago with overall market value of $500K+ that I'd like to 1031 exchange into better performing small MFR properties. Planning on individual exc...

Hi everyone,
My partner and I live in Durham, NC, but we have a strong attachment to Chicago, IL. I did my Ph.D. up at Northwestern, and I fell in love with the northern neighborhoods (Rogers Park, Edgewater, Anderso...

Hello BiggerPockets community! At the end of this post, you will find a heat map of Chicago Cap Rates by neighborhood. Map areas with a darker shade of blue have higher cap rates.
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Hey All,I have a two flat that currently has galvonized steel plumbing and I want to replace it with Copper however my friend is a plumber and does phenomenal work and will do it for me for a phenomenal price as long ...

I've been looking into real estate in Chicago since it seems like a good place to BRRRR. Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated. We're also going to need an agent, contractor, property manager and lender.

On RedFin I found many 2 Story Houses listed as 2-Units or 2-flats but the ads also say that there is a full basement.If so, doesn't that make it 3 units?

Hello All,
I am very new to REI but am keen to learn more and interested in purchasing a house in the next 6-8 months.
My scenario is a bit unique in that I am currently living in Tanzania (indefinitely) but am an A...

Has anyone invested in chicago area? Is south side by the lake a good area to invest? Has anyone heard about the new development around 87th street by the lake along the new lake shore drive? I'm contemplating on inve...

Hi!  I'm a new investor with around 500k cash to deploy and I've been looking at turnkey rentals in particular.  I spoke with Justin from ProfitFromRentals and he mentioned that they've been mostly transitioning to So...

Hi BP community!I've been listening to BP podcast for the last year or so and have been learning as much as possible. I'm finally popping my head up in the forums to say hi and want to meet some people in the Chicagol...