Hi everyone.  Advice needed.  Looking to purchase either some SFR or multi family properties, but not sure where.  Browsing the internet, every site and every blog has their opinion of the best places to buy and every...

Hello all, Longtime reader, first-time poster.We have a classic Chicago 2-flat in Bucktown. We live on the first floor and rent the 2nd. 
Both units are 2bd, 1bath, ~1100 sq. ft. R4 zoningBasement is about ~1050 sq. ...

I had a friend ask me this question: If you had 100K to invest in just real estate, what would you do?
Since we are in Chicagoland I would move because I truly think the real estate market does not favor starting a ...

Hey guys!!! Just bought our first home in Knoxville, TN!My question is how do you determine your rehab budget if you plan on flipping within 3 months Thanks!

I recently had a conversation with another investor in San Antonio that told me that direct mail wasn't a good approach.  He mentioned that after I had told him that I was planning on doing my first mailings in Oct.  ...

Hello Everyone,I had an approved short-sale and the closing was last Thursday (6/29). Apparently, the seller did not show up at the closing title company and stopped answering his Attorney and his Realtor's calls that...

I don't know if this is a request for some creative ideas or a cautionary tale...We just closed on an investment rental property in a rural area above Phoenix. The seller asked to rent back for a month, to close on he...

So based on the podcasts from a couple of weeks ago with the gentleman from Mississippi and some other things I've been hearing, text blasting kind of seems to be the new wave of direct mail. I like the idea because y...

Hello all!I'm Daniel. I'm an engineer based in Philadelphia and am new to real estate investing. I just moved to Philly from Salt Lake City this month and am looking to purchase my first real estate investment propert...

I worked very briefly for a Homevestors Franchise in Mobile, Alabama. I did not have a good experience. I know exactly how this company and franchise operates. Long story short, I smelled a rat, and got out. I can...