About a month ago, there was a break-in at a property I manage in Cleveland Heights near the East Cleveland border. The owner was interested in selling the property, so he gave the listing to a real estate agent. The ...

How do you tell if a price on a job is too high or not?  When you start out, you bid the work out and get several estimates.  But after a while, you have to stop doing that because the contractors will stop coming aro...

Hey there fam, I have a couple of duplexes in upstate NY but i work in NYC. I have family in puerto rico and I go there almost  every year since I was a kid. My dream has always been to live in puerto rico and have a ...

Hey everyone i bit the bullet and bought a new list of absentee owners spread over 3 zip code in Orlando. My criteria was Absentee owners, 3+ bedroom, ownership 15 years plus, omit trustees. I skipped equity for co...

Hey fellow suburban Illinois BPers - 
Not sure if this has been sent/shared previously, but thought it'd be good to recap - Chicago Agent Magazine recently reported that suburban Chicago was ranked the second-hottest...

Hey all! I am currently closing on an occupied duplex in Cleveland, Ohio on 5/25, my first property in the area. Right now my biggest issue is property management, I have a few companies I have been considering but wo...

Right, so my folks and I have basically finished repairing a 1920's duplex in the neighborhood of Belmont. I've moved into one side and am loving the area but I need to rent the other side soon to actually start havin...

My wife and I door knocked last Saturday. A few days later we got a very receptive response from an owner who we had left a brochure at the door. They were interested in getting a cash offer. The next day all communic...

So we have been investing in rental markets for some years but just started working on rehabbing. Man, it seems as though every real estate agent we get into deals with are unscrupulous and bend toward illegal with wh...

I recently made a offer on a duplex here in the Indianapolis area and I was looking for anyone that's gone the route of seller financing. Just looking to hear good, bad and any tips anyone has. The offer was $95k sell...