I'm a real estate broker in Chicago with a large database of active investors that I've been working with for over 20 years. I'm looking to build another stream of revenue. This morning I sent out a blast text to my d...

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I was wondering what the typical maintenance cost as a proportion of rent is.

Theoretically, if we do segregation analysis to see what the rate non building equipment depreciation is, that is our maintena...

I've got client with a question relating to capital gains taxes on the sale of an investment property. If you have any familiarity with capital gains taxes/depreciation please chime in.He bought a single family house ...

I have a property in WV that I put under contract at the end of August. I decided to use Lendinghome to finance the project since the property needs some rehab. First of all, they've required almost as much documentat...

Trying to buy short sale w/ 2 bank loans. I offered 184k to seller and they accepted, sent to Bank 1, that has 212k loan. Bank 1 agreed and offered 1.5k to Bank 2, that has 38k loan. Bank 2 is refusing to sign, but...

in my area all the properties that have structures already have investors that hold the liens... do these investors typically want to forclise or get their investment plus interest? I am considering writing to the lan...

I'm a new investor and working on rehabbing 1 bedroom apartments in a 12 unit building. For the kitchens I'm able to salvage the cabinets thank goodness but not sure about upgrading to granite vs going with Formica. I...

I'm considering buying a mixed use property which is a very interesting place.
To begin with, the building is vacant and although the seller can finance it himself, I am only looking at the option to buy through a FHA...

I think I messed up....My attic used to be 2 units back in the day, split between the left side and the right side. There was a fire back in the 80's and it hasn't been finished since...I decided I wanted to use this ...

Hi everybody!
I have this deal on my desk and i don't know what to do..
I'm working on a 2 family in a nice area (private seller).
The owner is a nice guy, he own the house free and clear and is open for some out of ...