I have tenants who are scheduled to be moving out on July 9th. They were late on their rent last month and have yet to pay their rent for this month. I filed their eviction on the 10th (the first day I was able to fil...

Hello everyone, my name is Cole Schlothauer, I'm currently a senior in high school (just graduated) and will be attending Loyola University of Chicago in the fall to play volleyball. I'm very interested in real estate...

I recently got a home under contract, old beat up 3 bed 2 bath in a neighborhood that generates homes around the 90k area. I got it for $14,500. An LLC bought it for $1 from the previous owner that pretty much had squ...

Good morning BP,I'm looking for a sanity check on my installation flooring plan for my 125 yr old home. The home is settled like many older homes are and historically had carpet throughout on top of the old hardwood f...

Hello Everyone!My name is Te'Erinn Chenvert and I am currently an accounting student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and I’ll be graduating the Spring of 2019. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve grown an in...

Hey All - for those who invest on the NW-side, this is a great article on the current state of Jefferson Park (and I'm 100% biased as this is my neck of the woods :).  https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2018/08/02/neighb...

Long time lurker first time poster...I've started noticing more and more varieties of a flooring product as of late called Engineered Vinyl Plank.  It seems to differ from your standard Luxury Vinyl Plank in that it h...

Hey everyone, just purchased a building. I'm not 100% sure what the walls are made of.. Seems like they could be plaster but I'm not sure. Anyways, I'd like to update some things in this place and the ugly baseboards ...

My wife and I have always had an entrepreneur spirit. She read an article on Mr. Money Mustache about becoming financially independent as an Airbnb host. That led us to another article about vacation home rental is a ...

I did ask hundred of a real estate agents – What is the difference between CMA & COMPs. Over 90% of those agents I ask don’t have a clue and less than 10% their answer wasn't that great even. Most did have a  mix ...