Hello,I recently got pre approved and now looking at properties to house hack in the Chicago land area (suburbs). As I’m going through the MLS I’m coming up with my questions for the realtor. My questions for you all:...

I'm curious. I have written extensively about how I "House-Hack" and live in one part of a duplex and have tenants rent out the other portion of that. They pay down the mortgage and allow me to live for free.For every...

I wanted to post my experience investing remotely in Columbus Ohio with an active wholesaler and realtor, Sara Elford, and her partner unlicensed Contractor Raymond Kemp.

Because the experience of only one person m...

Hey all, what would you recommend doing with a STR property that's just barely breaking even after all expenses? It's a 3 BR old bungalow in Tampa that I'm renting out on Airbnb. My prop management is handling everyth...

In reviewing my posted goals for 2013 and 2014 I have the following results.2013 My goal was to buy a fix and flip and add 1-3 cash flowing rentals.  I bought a fix and flip in a nearby town that needed a lot of work....

We are just about to complete our first spec home - a $650k single family ranch style home with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. I always wanted to build new and despite my almost ten years of remodeling experience there wer...

Regarding small scale rental properties or I believe "buy and hold" is the term used around here (sorry, I'm new to all this).I notice that a lot of investors mortgage properties for 10, 20, even 30 years - whatever i...

So how does that work?

In a lease option deal, how does my tenant buyer actually buy, should they want to?

If they had the means of getting a mortgage from a bank, why wouldn't they just do that from the get go?

I ...