I'm Robert Louis Jones, I prefer my middle name, Louis.  I live in Chicago, where I plan to do my investing.

If you are planning to buy both and are able to by both, what should I get first? My own home? or multi home for investing? when we know SF bay area appreciation is so high, it's not good to live on rent. 

Hi everyone!Thanks to BiggerPockets I started getting involved in Real Estate less than a year ago. I have a couple of flips under my belt but all my deals have been through the big wholesalers in our metro (Networth ...

Does anyone have experience in Sheriff sales for properties located in DuPage County? Specifically anyone who has purchased in the last 12 months.

My wife and I have two single family rentals which we bought as our primary residences and then we moved out and rented them. We were wondering if there is any advantage to starting a small business to hold them.  We ...

Hello all! My wife and I are working on a deal for a 2-unit up/down rental building.  The upstairs is a 3-bedroom (very rare in our area) the bottom was recently a salon and needs updated to rent as a studio or 1-bed ...

Hi BP members,I have been talking with a private investor about investing in my next project. He is wanting me to pay the attorney fees for the contact and documents.  I do not have a problem with that at all and I am...

I've read several posts on getting started and I'm honestly still a little confused. We thought wholesaling/assigning contracts would be the easiest way to get going in RE, but I'm finding that so many people think it...

Hi all, I'm 24 with a biology degree. I just rented out my first property in Bakersfield CA. 3bed 1bath under Section 8. Close to 20k left on the mortgage for this property. Looking to invest in a duplex/multi family ...

Hello BP nation, I just got a great 3 flat in Chicago under contract built in 2008 and fully occupied throwing off almost 2k a month cash (DCR>2) flow after PITI based on a 20 year am fixed at 4.625 with a 25% DP f...