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Okay. So I don't by any means intend to sound like a complete moron. But here I am, desperate to get into Real Estate investing, however without the credit or the funds, I really needed a cash investor/investing part...
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Economic Update
(Monday, August 17, 2020)
The pandemic has reinforced and exacerbated many of the inequities in our soci...
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Hey BiggerPockets! I just joined the group yesterday after looking into real estate investing for the past 8 months. My goal is to eventually earn $10k-$12k per month off cash flow, and have been trying to find my fir...
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Who here is working the short-term rental market in Chicago? I am a Chicago native, working in development for the last six years. I’d like to expand my investment portfolio into STRS, but it’s been challenging to get...
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Tenant has extenuating circumstance and unable to pay rent for next 2 months (I already served him with 3 day pay or quit). He suggested a promissory note which forfeits his security deposit as a short term bridge pa...
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If I have a property under contract and I am marketing it (craigslist, REIAs, etc), what's the best way to handle all the requests to see the property on the inside? After all, it's not my house yet, and my seller wil...
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The reason for this post is because I often read other investors post about looking for a property in an area where they have good schools. We did that. We bought a home in Burbank, California, a very expensive suburb...