Dave Silva
work-around to avoid workers comp on myself
I'm looking at a renovation project that I would live in for a couple years. The bank requires a licensed contractor to do the work but I can work under him for whatever I want to do myself. The guy I have in mind s...
Vincent Parello
Well water homes. Chicagoland
Hey everyone,I wanted to hear everyone's opinion on buying rentals on well water. Pros and cons?I am in the Chicago land area so hopefully, I can get some input from local investors.
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A Glimpse of My Personal Finances and How to START
Although this is a new account, I have been coming on here for a few years. I have listed to every BP podcast, read some books etc.I have been interested in investing since 2015, when I listened to, yep, you guessed i...
Michael Noto
Electric Heat in a Rental
Wanted to see what other landlords thought about this situation.
We are buying a distressed 3 family that has 3 apartments: 1 bedroom in the basement, and 2- 2 bedroom units.
The basement apartment has ...
Dominic Franco
New Member Introduction
Hello BP family my name is Dominic Franco! I am currently in the process of selling my house over here in the Fort Bragg, NC area and looking to relocate the Charlotte area. I'm looking to kick off my real estate inve...
Derrick Lubomski
Build a garage or save my cash?
Hey BP members, I'm in sort of a predicament that could use some outside input. I'm closing on my first duplex for me to house hack in two weeks and can't decide if it'l be worth it for me to build a detached garage o...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, January 18, 2021)
Economic Update(Happy Martin Luther King Day)
Predictions for 2021? As 2020 has shown us, the world can throw so many curveballs at you that predictions can be about as useful as new year’s resolutions. In that s...
Abigail Timbol
Overcoming the Overwhelming
Hello everyone! I’m just starting to educate myself in real estate investing. It feels like there is so much I don’t know that I need to learn. It’s hard to know where to start. Then each topic seems to have so much c...
Christopher Raney
Turnkey investment properties
I’m currently active duty and want to get into real estate but my current schedule is pretty hectic and I would like to minimize the time I dedicate to a property (for the time being). Does anyone have any tips or rec...
John Morgan
SWAT team surrounding my rental now
So my tenants stopped paying rent in January and I filed for eviction in ft worth in Feb. I won my eviction case March 16th. However, all evictions got halted a few days later so I never got the writ of possession (wh...