In everyone's opinion, what are the best up and coming neighborhoods in Chicago to invest in real estate, whether they be single families, multi families, apartment complexes, etc.

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new to BP and have really enjoyed reading and learning. As we are about to make a first offer thought it might be good to get folks opinions of this plan. I am looking to start with a three family that I can occu...

I am about to get new rehab/ construction cost estimator for 2012, would love to know what others are using, what it costs, what they love about it, what they hate about, and especially if there is any to recommend NO...

Has anyone else found multi-family appraisals in your area to be essentially worthless? I know the banks require them but I have found them to be wholly lacking in credibility. We have under contract a 48 unit that...

My husband and I are looking to purchase our first home and we are very interested in finding a house we can live in for at least 3-5 years and gain a significant amount of equity. We have scoured all of the neighborh...

99% of the respondents will select 1031 exchange. If you know me very well, you know I march to the beat of a different drummer. I also like to play the contrarian.If I decided to part with one of my 150 unit apartmen...

Hello all, I wanted to get some advise and opinions of multifamily homes as a primary residence and investment ( tenant pays off mortgage).i have an idea where i would go out and find a motivated seller with a 50% occ...

Hi, has anyone has experiences with Nomad? I see they offer leasing and guaranteed rent as well as overall property management. Wondering if folks have used this service and liked it. The idea of guaranteeing rent reg...

Hey everyone! I'm Jack, a newbie investor from Seattle, WA that's been on Biggerpockets as a lurker for about six months or so. Although I've done a fair bit of reading, I haven't actually gotten into any sort of deal...

Warren Buffett when asked about his time horizon for investments. He answered with "Our favorite stock holding period is forever.” That got me wondering about real estate as I know folks in the boomer generation that ...