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Hi Fellow Apartment Investors,I am currently under contract on a 36 unit apartment complex in Springfield, IL. The property is a class C property, but it is 2.1 miles from the University of Illinois Springfield. The U...
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Hey BP Members,I am 31 years old with a full time job and have started recently listening to the BP podcasts and have caught the REI bug. I have absolutely zero experience but I have narrowed my niche down to buy and...
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I am hitting a wall with Portfolio Lenders in Massachusetts. Although their loans are in-house they follow the Fannie Mae guidelines and the one I can not overcome presently is ... 2 years of self employed income h...
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I close on 14 properties in less than 2 weeks just outside of Springfield, MO. Most of them have month to month tenants in them currently. Is it appropriate to screen them after I take possession since their contracts...
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Who do you feel the best value mobile home manufacturer is? My lot rents are $200 so I am looking for the best value in the $25,000 and below range. One of my lots will take a 14'X80' but other is only 72' actual l...
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I have a question I wanted to get answered in this forum. Recently, I attended a webinar by Kent Clothier. The very basic premise of what he said captured my attention. He stated that most investors work harder not...
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I am having some difficulty narrowing down my options of locations to invest in. I have a few mentors that are all based out of one area (windsor) that are pushing me to invest there but I have not been able to talk t...
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Hey so I will be moving with the military to work out of Ft. Belvoir and was wondering if anyone was active in the area and had any tips for Agents and neighborhoods that would be good places to start looking. I am mo...
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Hello all, My name is Riley Hoffman. I am 24 years old and am originally from Springfield, IL and currently live in Glen Carbon, IL. I currently have no background in real estate, but am looking to get into flipping h...
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Hi there, Has anyone had true success in the rental market in MA? It seems as though there are two ends of the spectrum, the very expensive million dollar multi families near Boston, or the 100k multi families in the ...