I have questions about tax lien investing in IL and in general maybe someone can help:
1) When you win a tax cert, when is the interest paid out to you?  Does the interest incur per month, 6 months, daily? If someone...

There is a property on Fannie's website in my area. List price of $39,900. Rents in the area comp out at $1000 median, so let's assume a low number of $900. Light fixer that doesn't look too bad, so figure $2K in pain...

Below are photos of our latest spec house, and our first attempt at modern.  We bought the lot for 125k, and closed on the sale last week for 430k (under contract before completion).  This build took 8 months, which i...

I will try my best to keep this short:So today I checked out a place asking price 10k. The house is about 100 years old in a neighborhood with quite a few abandoned places...looking at the pictures the place looked gr...

Hey everyone, so I have been reading the forum for awhile, as well as a whole slew of financial blogs/websites/books etc. I really want to get started. I am a full time student and I work full time. And I am a firs...

My wife and I are thinking of buying our first home in Lincoln Heights.  How do you guys feel about the prospects for this area?

Hi,I've recently joined the BP Community, reading real estate investment books, listening to podcasts ect. I'm currently working with a real estate agent to find buy and hold properties. I have some cash available to ...

So I am new here and to real estate investing. I have made a few mistakes that I could use some help/ advice to solve. 1.) I have two rentals that I currently rent to a friend and the other one to my brother. With no ...

I have had investors contact me recently, but they are new. Some of the jargon is unfamiliar. Their methods of determining whether it's a good value differ (i.e., ARV - I understand this method). Also, some base their...

Just closed on my second Fix and Flip property.  This one is an all cash transaction that took 3 weeks from first walk-through to closing.  It is an 800 Sq/Ft 2 BR 1BA that needs some work in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.  I wi...