So I'm totally new to real estate investing. I drive past this house on my way to work everyday. It's really run down and doesn't look like anyone lives there, in the summer the lawn gets mowed about twice a summer. I...

We have a VA who has been working for us the last 9 months for 10 hours / week.
She’s looking to add 20 hours to her work week but we’re pretty small and not looking for acquisitions at the moment, so we don’t really...

Good afternoon everyone. As I have stated before in my initial request to join BP, I am a real estate novice looking to increase my knowledge in the business. My wife and I are working on becoming licensed real estate...

Hey BP! I haven't posted too much here. But I thought I could really use some advice to get to the next level...The Plan:1. Short Term = Buy, Rehab, Sell - Chicago Illinois area, or elsewhere2. Long Term = Buy, Rehab,...

Hi All, I'm a Chicago-based husband and father with a complete and total weakness for red salsa, stout beer, single family rentals in Alabama, green salsa, and George R. R. R. R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones. When I...

Hello fellow investors, I recently bought a duplex in March 226K and put 25% down at 7% interest.  I renovated both units approximately 20k and now have both units rented out one at 1500 and the other at 1575. How soo...

This post can be deleted as I have found other threads of the same topic. Now to figure out how to delete this one...I have been a 10+ year mint.com user and religiously track my expenses. This has helped me understan...

Hi BP Community,

I just walked out of an attorneys office with regards to estate planning and setting up a living trust, and included in our discussion was setting up an LLC for my real estate property. Based...

Hello Bigger Pockets, I've recently started my own blog to provide a forum for commercial real estate professionals to share successes and failures, as well as find some inspiration when the times get tough.However, I...

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Part of our strategy is to develop our own network of real estate agents - using a one-realtor/one-city model, that gives the agent exclusive rights as buying and listing...