Nick Schenkel
Chicago Areas for Owner Occupied Opportunities
Hi all,I'm relocating to Chicago from Pittsburgh in the near future and face the obstacle of a sharp increase in cost of living. Does anyone have any advice on reasonably priced areas in which to rent that would be ap...
Marcos Carbi
Does professional property management carry over with purchase?
Hello BP family, I hope you are all doing amazing! I'm in the process of closing my first duplex rental property and I couldn't be more excited. The current owner uses a professional property manager which I don't wan...
Greg Cook
Umbrella insurance for out of state
Out of state investor building a LTR/STR portfolio across multiple states. What umbrella insurance do you use? Providers you would suggest? Best policies?
Kevin Urban
Mortgage - FNMA / FREDDIE MTG Points on Investment Properties
Hello,Recent loan estimates from my mortgage broker are now showing additional points from Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac for investment properties. I'm told it's a new policy of FNMA/FRE for investment properties with less t...
Rebecca Emory
learning how to get plumbing quotes/quotes in Cincinnati
Greetings All!
1) I'm looking to get quotes for a plumbing job in Cincinnati. Growing up, there were no professionals available so I only observed REI family working with good 'ol boys and sketchy fellas. Quotes were...
Francisco Gutierrez
Fee Simple vs Leasehold
Hello Everyone,I know this topic comes up from time to time but didn't see this asked so here goes...Is there a way to lookup (county site?) the years remaining on a leasehold property (and other details) or is it som...
Cassidy Burns
Cash or Whole Life Insurance Policy? ? ?
Hey BP,I had this conversation with another RE investor today, and wanted to see what the forums thought. IF you have a larger RE Investment Cash Account ready to go for your next investment, would you rather keep it...
Heather M.
Multi-family home; switching from propane to electric heat?
Looking to purchase a 6-unit multi-family home. Current owner pays for propane heat for the entire property amounting to an additional 9.6k annually. We, of course, would like to switch over to a system where each ten...
Bob Lett
Time and material, pros/cons
Working on a whole house remodel that we are going to use as a second home and STR/AirBnB. With our contract purchase price + contractor quotes we have little to no wiggle room for intangibles based upon ARV. This is ...
Josh Jennings
Building residential units above commercial space (in Chicago)
I own a commercial building, one story, typical Chicago lot (60639), and I pay the crazy taxes (17K year) for it. I'm new to this RE world, but in doing research, I noticed many of the buildings like mine, with resid...