Hey,I'm Jim.  I'm 31 and work in data and analysis at an advertising agency.  I'm new-ish to the real estate investment game.  I live on the north side of Chicago with my wife and son.I've been diving into strategies ...

We bought our first property last April owner occupied/conventional loan with 3.5% down. After speaking with our mortgage guy a few months ago he did a prelim pre-approval and said everything was good to go.Found a du...

Hello Everyone, 
First of all, please notify me if this is not the correct forum for this topic - I only seek your advice. My business partner and I are pursuing our first wholesale deal in East Linden Ohio (Columbus...

I bought a town home where tenants' rent is way below market. It is a 3/2.5 occupied by three graduate students. They are paying $830, but market is about $1,100. I need some advice about how to raise the rent. Al...

I've done a few searches on BP.com and the advice appears to be invest in QuickBooks or using online bookkeeping services.

Since I've only got one property, I'm still looking to create a spreadsheet or just to look a...

Hello,
I would like to get an idea of what percentage of the gross income expenses are in a large multi-family property?
I realize this is going to vary, but I would just like to get a ballpark figure.
Thing is, wh...

Hey so I haven't done any deals yet and I was wondering what people do when they budget on a monthly basis on their rental properties for Repairs,Property Management,Capex,vacancy...etc. Do they have checking accounts...

Greetings,

How many people sell their properties FSBO and welcome buyers agents VS doing the entire transaction with the agent?

I am trying to negotiate a better management commission fee for my short term rental. For a newly renovated ocean front condo they are wanting 20%. What would be the best way to negotiate down to 18% or lower?

Hi many thanks for all the previous discussions on setting up QuickBooks for rehabbing, we poured through the advice and believe our setup and recording of expenditures are correct - now comes the fun part of recordin...