Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy).  Property taxes are already high, but ...

I would like to THANK BiggerPockets for your guidance and information made available!Reading, Listening to the Podcasts, networking on here and just everyone has been awesome! It has been a WILD RIDE! As just a year a...

Hi! I'm Autumn - I've recently decided that I'm ready to take my real estate investment goals seriously and that its time to take action on them. Starting out, I plan to wholesale - and then re-invest those profits in...

With thousands of members now, the Forums here at BiggerPockets have become a true resource for real estate investors. In an effort to make our site even friendlier, I'd like to officially ask everyone to try their b...

So i've read through the BP ebook and other books related to real estate. Most of them say that the right time to buy for an investor is when there is a lot of inventory and when the prices are low. When exactly is...

Hey all!  Quick synopsis of my background; contractor for ten years as well as six years of estimating multi-million dollar construction projects.  In addition to this, I have been investing in residential properties ...

We started last year and bought our first 2 side by side  Duplexes.  We did not have enough money at that time to renovate them but they were occupied and they cash flowed about $20,000 a year.  We bought the 2 of The...