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Hi Everybody,I am Nate, and this is my first forum post. I have been investing in stocks for a few years now, and I would like to start investing in real estate as well. I currently spend most of the year living in Is...
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I’m looking to get into real estate for the Financial freedom aspect of it. I would love to get a fourplex as my first property and house hack for a year or less with the long term goal being owning 60+ apartment unit...
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Hi all. Moving to Chicago next month and I am under contract for a 2-flat in Chicago.The garage is detached and is not properly secured with anchor bolts. My questions are:Is this a code violation? I was told conflict...
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Toledo's Lucas County Metropolitan Housing Authority...LMHA which administers the Section 8 program seems to have had a difficult 2016 and 2017 doesn't seem much better.I've been renting to Section 8 for seven years n...
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BP Family,Have you ever had a tenant that always calling you to do a maintenance? Or consistently finds a problem for minor repairs? What have you done differently to reduce the numbers of complaints that something th...
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Just curious if anyone has any experience running a short term rental in a freelance type of way. Meaning you do your own marketing and booking without the airbnb or VRBO platforms? Is that even possible? Pros or cons...
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Hi House-hackers,I've seen different advice about software that MTR folks should be using but it seems like the suggestions are based on people having multiple properties they're managing, both as STR and/or MTR.I'm s...
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Hello I’m new to this site and I get the jist of wholesaling. I’d like to get my foot in the door, but don’t know where to start. Do I start cold calling now, or driving around, running ads? My budget is slim but I’d ...
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Hi BP community, my name is Tinah - a brand new real estate investor and I am in a bit of pickle - need guidance.I signed a P&S agreement on a property and later realized that by law the lead disclosure on lease d...
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I remember awhile back being told that if you are small-time, say a few hundred thousand dollars borrowed, there is an easier/cheaper registration process.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have a doze...