As an investor, I've decided to take the Illinois Real Estate Broker Exam so I can view properties on my own (among other reasons). I'm an attorney, so I don't have to take any courses or anything. I can just sit...

Hello BP Community - I am a new investor looking for fixer upper deals. I have found a few older homes built in the 70s while driving for dollars, and today just found something on the MLS built in 1936 that I may inv...

Gave an offer 90K above asking and still our offer was not accepted ? Am I missing something here.Loan type: we gave both FHA and conv. Location : Union, NJ

I'm buying flips now and I was just wondering if there is a way to determine exactly how much money is owed(in other words what the current loan amount is plus penalties and fees) in order to make a better offer on a ...

I recently have made my pitch to a motivated seller to wholesale her property. She was interested but had already set a date to meet with an agent. After keeping in contact I received a message from her stating… “I ha...

I'm new to real estate investing and own one rental and a primary residence. I recently found out about the separation between passive and active incomes and that there are rules about crossing the line on how you can...

As a Realtor in the Denver market, I track where our markets numbers are on a daily basis.  With the rise of rates, home prices have fallen, just like most places.  I'm not so curious on where rates will go, because n...

Hey everyone, is there a way to take out the "struts" on a paneled window, or is the window made up of smaller windows? Like can I successfully take out the metal struts to make the window look better without ruining ...

Hi BP family,I'm looking at a new construction home, single family, in San Marcos that is being offered as a "home of the week" deal by the builder. They're offering about 75k worth of incentives, and I'm allowed to u...

I see a lot about the 1-2% rule, 50% rule, plugging in maint/capex/insurance/vacancy numbers, etc. But I've seen very little on the specific criteria that investors are using to search for rental properties.For exampl...