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Good morning from Chicago,I am an owner/occupant of a Tri-plex.I'm a 26 year old kid and this is my first property and first year as a landlord. So far so good and a really positive experience up until my first hiccup...
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I'm about to go straight from renter to triplex owner-occupant. I'm an exceptionally fast learner and have at least average coordination, so I love the idea of learning to do as many things as possible myself.
If I w...
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A recent blog post really, really struck me as bad advice. http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/10/08...This is not the way we want investors to be representing us, and definitely not the kind of advice that t...
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I own a SFH in California which I rented out October 2018. Since day 1, the tenants have been contacting me on a daily/weekly basis requesting repairs.Some of these repairs are warranted (replaced the water heater, fi...
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Is anyone here a member of Lifestyles Unlimited or does anyone have any experience with them. They are a mentoring program that helps you get started in REI based out of Houston. From what I can tell so far they see...
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I don't want to announce the sky is falling and be a Debbie Downer, but in my opinion, now is NOT the time to be investing in real estate for rookie investors, especially flips. I keep seeing a lot of posts from newbi...