Hello everyone, My name is Renee and my husband and I currently live in Gilberts, Illinois. It’s a smaller town about 40 minutes west of Chicago. About a year ago we sold our first home and purchased our current ho...

Hello all,I've been looking into rehabbing a fixer-upper in my area.  However, this one would not be to flip - it would be for me to live in.  I've reached a point in my life where I know what I want out of a home - t...

In May of this year, I reached out to a property management company I had worked with in the past to inform them that I had a property becoming available and to request a Lease Option Only service (essentially where t...

Hi everyone!I have a few question, but I need to give some background information to help with the decisions.I currently have $43,000 in school loans and am 27 years old. I also have a potential deal in place with my ...

Hi, I am excited to be Jumping back in here and dive into REI and connect with other members here.  My wife and I live in Santa Barbara, CA and love spending time outside in this beautiful city.   

I plan to make an offer on the unit listed below.  I will use it as my very first rental property for section 8 housing. It should rent for $750 per month on section 8. The unit was broken into earlier this year in Fe...

I have a tenant who pays on time, keeps her place clean, and plans to rent for several years. However, she asks for the most annoying things to be fixed and it's taking more time than I want to spend. Examples: mailbo...

Hey everyone I am trying to get into my first property and I have a dilemma. I currently have a triplex under contract well below appraisal value but I am reluctant to close on it because it was built in 1920 and even...

I am very new to real estate investing and was wondering why cash flow is so important. If you can rent a house out and have the rent cover the expenses and mortgage with nothing left over isn't it still a good deal? ...

In an effort to up my BP posts, I want to start documenting my first duplex purchase. So here we go...I want to preface this post with my almost deal. My original first deal was going to be a much bigger apartment com...