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Hi everyone, here is the housing market update I publish for clients each months. As always, there are some interesting surprises! This is data for the Chicagoland metro area sourced from Midwest Real Estate Data LLC....
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***Not an Advertisement***There is a house in the Pittsburgh area that I have been looking at. It is priced around 10k, but the seller owes around $20k in taxes and the place needs at least that much in work. The com...
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Investment Info:
Condo buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $1,300,000
Cash invested: $143,000
I am an enthusiastic real estate investor who acquired a remarkable condominium in the highly soug...
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Anyone who could answer this question, please feel free to chime in. I am in the middle of evicting a tenant for non-payment and also trashing my property. I was told that it is never a good idea to appear in an evict...
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Hello BiggerPockets community! I am posting a question to much more experienced investors today, as I am a newbie hoping to purchase my first property soon at the age of 20, about what strategy works best given my mar...
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My tenants have been 3-4 weeks late every month since lease started 6 months ago. I have filed 4 failure to pay rent forms with District Court of Maryland. The 4th failure to pay rent form (March) was filed at the...
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If there is a house owned by a trust and all three trustees currently have ownership of it. Is there a way to buy out one trustee without triggering capital gains taxes?
Hi BiggerPockets Community! We could really use your expertise. My wife and I are looking to purchase our 3rd property and want to take something on that needs a little fixing. We plan to live whatever house for about...
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Hello BiggerPockets community! I am writing this post today as a 20 year-old college student with a best friend and partner who is the same age looking to make our first house-hacking, multi-family home purchase by su...
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My city is planning to pass along some STR regulations. I asked some questions about the verbiage and they didn’t know the answer quite yet. I know every city is different but I’m curious what other people are seeing...