I've had some success a couple times with selling myself.  I use a flat rate service that puts me on zillow, trulia, and the MLS for 250 bucks.  I pay an extra 50 for professional photos.   I like to be able to talk d...

BP, I just purchased and rented out my first (2) student rental properties. The first group of tenants moved in on June 1, and the others on August 1. For the first group, we put together a Move-In form with detailed ...

As I sit in my rental with my second consecutive no-show appointment, I can’t help but ponder: to self-manage or not to self manage. I’ve gone back and forth, see pros and cons of both, and would love to know your tho...

Hi all,

Well here goes again... I am human... Every so many years I start to look at Townhomes in my area and the prices are perfect and the numbers for 3Br 2Ba are on target for awesome cash flow. THEN I see...

Greetings- I am looking for advice or a recommendation concerning the very high cost to upgrade water service in Chicago. Inspectors are aggressively insisting on upgraded service in many cases where it is not needed....

Hi everyone,

I often read on this site, but this is my first post. I'm a beginner real estate investor (working on my second deal), and I'm considering becoming a part-time real estate broker for a few reasons. I've ...

I have a SFH in Cleveland (west side) and it's currently managed by PM and I'm not happy with it. He oversaw the renovation and I went without a tenant for 5-6 months and since tenant moved in October, I haven't saw a...

Hello fellow BP members, I am looking to use a turnkey company to help me rehab and manage property. I am full-time software engineer and investor. My job is 100% work from home and requires little interaction using p...

As a real estate investor what market data would you like to see? I am pulling local MLS data and curious as an investor what metrics, numbers, averages would you love to have access too?

First, I apologize for the length of this post, but I feel some background is needed.Early this year I purchased a Triplex with 3 occupied units.  None were on leases so I got 2 of them signed into a year lease pretty...