John B.
Chicago A neighborhood condo as first property
Hello,
I am 35, live in Chicago and work in the Loop for a demanding finance company. I never owned any real estate and have been renting a high rise one bedroom for $1,800 in River North with my girlfriend for the p...
Cedrick Givens
Referral Fee and 3 year lease, are these comon?
I’ve been reading “Landlording on AutoPilot”and given that I am an injured Vet(wheelchair bound) , learning I can handle everything pertaining to the business with my technology is amazing…. My questions are; Is ther...
Dax Mickelson
Trust, or lack thereof
It might just be me but I'm very leery in trusting people... especially if I've only every interacted with them online. This might be due to my current career in IT as we are trained to not trust ANYTHING online. Ho...
Account Closed
Real Estate License MD?
I have listened to mostly all of the BP podcasts, and one thing keeps continually being brought up, "Get you real estate license". So I was thinking, why not, it can't hurt. However after investigating a little, it lo...
Ed McIver
Bi weekly rent payments
I have a young single mother who is paid every two weeks. I want to offer her the option of paying her rent every two weeks as well. Here is why.If her rent is 1000/month she has 12 x $1000 payments per year. However ...
Dan Wickland
Getting hate from friends / family / strangers for Investing
Hey guys!Not sure if right forum to post but I thought this was most appropriate one. I was curious to hear how people's investing has effected family/friendships/relationships, if at all? I notice as I'm getting more...
Paul Chen
Possible eviction with ill patient…
My tenant told me yesterday that they’re only able to pay half of this month rent (was due on 1st) tomorrow and will pay the rest by 12th with its late fee. Though I’d O. K. it but after I’d just found out from ...
Christopher Stanis
My Top 5 Creative Financing Strategies
Starting with no money in your pocket? Or do you have a little that you would like to stretch and use to buy 5 properties instead of one? Here are my top 5 strategies for investing with little to no money of your own...
Heather Shannon
General Contractors: Hire one or be my own?
I am planning to buy a fixer upper and make it a B & B. I'm torn about using a general contractor vs. doing the general contracting myself.CONs of Hiring a General Contractor:1. They are reputed to suck big time ...
Account Closed
How to do wholesaling RIGHT? In Maryland/East Coast and Nationwide.
There are a lot of complaints about bad wholesalers who do things wrong. We all know how frustrating it is to deal with inept, crooked and ill motivated people in any type of the business. I want to start this thread ...