![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/572047/small_1621492864-avatar-taylorkamal.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
So I walked through an AS-IS REO today. It's a 3 Bedroom 2 bath Brick Ranch with a basement. Upstairs needed a standard kitchen/bath update, new paint, etc. It seemed pretty standard to me.... but then I walked into t...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/522450/small_1696628205-avatar-diannaa1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have been watching the Largo market for a few years. It seems prices are going up and several homes are being flipped. I would appreciate some advice on where to buy and where to avoid in and around Largo, St. Pet...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2671750/small_1699846168-avatar-christopherp494.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
If somebody purchases a home and wants to make sure the mortgage gets paid off if they died pre maturely, do you think permanent or term life insurance would be the better fit? Or both?
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/322581/small_1621444205-avatar-kim4short.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I am looking at a duplex on E. Knox Street in Galesburg,IL. Does anyone out there have any feedback on this area or owning rental properties in general in Galesburg? Is this a part of town that will be more difficult ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/185319/small_1621431742-avatar-steadman.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hey everyone, I recently found an REO that I believe to be a great flip opportunity, but this one needs a lot of work. The previous owner was rehabbing the house and stopped mid-way. I am told by the neighbors that th...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/159466/small_1621420191-avatar-mr_fisher.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
The short version: I'm looking for creative ideas about structuring a deal to keep an elderly woman in her house for as long as she can.The details: I recently had the pleasure of meeting an elderly woman who asked me...
I am a landlord for a couple duplexes. Been doing this for about 10 years. My property management just put in a tenant in side A of one of the duplexes. I have a no animal policy (unless it's service animal which is r...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/348483/small_1621445850-avatar-rentcollector.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I recently acquired a building and there is one unit which is disgusting, smelly, and dirty. There have been multiple complaints of the smell by the other tenants. The smell equals that of underwear that has been worn...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/475666/small_1621478343-avatar-stanb4.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
My career in home improvement and repair began in 1973 while working for a home improvement company as a door to door canvasser, then I enrolled thru the UAW connected Trade Union Leadership Conferences into building ...