I have been hammering away at trying to start a fix and flip real estate business of single homes in the Chicago market. I have tried pursuing several avenues to identify opportunity including knocking on homeowne...

As I'm researching and reading and google searching and listening... I'm learning.I just wanted to use this space to note things I learn as I learn them.  I have absorb so much in the past month.  Not looking for a lo...

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I had my first eviction case experience and it was quickly dismissed in favor of the tenant.  My property manager did everything by the book. The tenant was on a month-to-month lease and we gave her more...

Hello, I hope you find this post motivational and inspiring. At the young tender age of 16, my family set me up in an arrange marriage. Not knowing much about life, I agreed and did as my family wished. Still driven t...

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I am looking to purchase a piece of property in Philadelphia using a conventional mortgage in my name and later transfer it to a newly formed LLC. A previous post from 2008 states banks won't let you do ...

I'd like to get some opinions on debt. I'm 23 and have 6 figures on school loans, which don't bother me a bit, matter of fact I refinanced  them from 12 to 20 years to free up cash for REI  (cutting my interest in hal...

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I recently read a post on the BP blog about the importance of having a defined goal for your investment strategy. So, I thought I might share my goal and see what ideas other investors might have for accompl...

I come on to BP every day.  I've got a large amount of keywords set up.One of them is "mentor".  You can imagine, I see posts every day of new people coming on looking for a mentor.Here's the thing.  I get it.  I unde...