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TL;DR: Trying to buy in an expensive market. Should we put down a 20% deposit for our first home, or should we put down a smaller deposit and use the leftover cash to pay for an ADU that will generate supplemental inc...
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Hi there! My name is May. I am a local Realtor in Chicago, IL. I enjoy helping my clients get their homes. But lately, I have been thinking more about getting involved in real estate as an investor. From what I have r...
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Happy Tuesday everyone,I've just started reading "Estimating Rehab Costs" by J Scott (and will then also read his book on flipping) and I see it's a revised edition from 2019, which is obviously pre-Covid and therefor...
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Looking for multi family deal for 5 or more units around 250k-300k budget. I am open to any location as long as numbers makes sense. Where i can find the deals. Are there any type of help i can get from anywhere to fi...
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Hey all!
On the two SFH's I own, I have the taxes and insurance wrapped into the monthly mortgage. I'm curious what common practices are and if there are any reasons why it would be more beneficial to pay taxes and ...
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Hello, everyone
My business partner and I are new to REI and and still learning. Just wanted to know what are good ways to find realiable contractors for fix and flips?
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I am looking for my first property. I want to know how much cash flow I should shoot for? At worst is only living for free considered a base hit, obviously I should shoot for positive cash flow, but how much per unit...
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I feel the need to start something else besides my job and I really want to jump into real estate (passive income) and I believe that's rental properties. I recently put my house for sale hoping to get the equity to ...
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I want to purchase four to five acres so that I can have a fifty to one hundred pad rv and camper park constructed along with land acquisition, electricity, water, sewer, common roadway , campers and etc . I have litt...