Obviously everyone's risk tolerance will be different, but deductible amount are most people using on their single family rental units ($500, $1000, $2000, something else). I'm talking about under $100k mid-west or so...

I am in the Chicago suburbs and what look like some of the best investments in my area are small multifamily properties (2-4 unit). I am talking suburbs and not Lincoln Park so these properties do have lawns, dri...

According Inman News, NAR beats out 3 other firms to manage .realestate top-level domain.  Frankly, after reading the article, I'm rather concerned at the way at which they intend to manage this domain.  I have little...

Hi guys. As the title says, I'm 18 years old and will be going to college (ASU then TTU). This summer, I finally know what I want as a career (Real Estate). I first plan on getting a Real Estate agent license within a...

Hello BP Community, thank you in advance for reading my questions and providing me with your thoughts.I have recently purchased a duplex and we will be renovating both units. I want to focus this discussion once I hav...

Long time friend  (40+ yrs) approached us and offered to finance RE ventures 100% up to $300k. Reluctant to do business with friends but he persists.  So I tell hubby to pin down the terms...first friend says keep tra...

Quick questions-hopefully someone can answer.

I would like to set-up an LLC for my real estate investing business (rentals;buy-and-hold), but then reading through the posts, a few of you have said that properties sho...

Hey Everyone - I have a triplex under contract and am curious on how to approach this situation. The electric is metered by unit but the water is not. Ideally I wouldn't like the tenants to know I'm even paying for th...

Hi All,
My partner and I are in the process of placing a tenant and have had a very large number of people interested in the available unit. My question is, from a fair housing act standpoint, are we obligated to ...

Hello,I live in Columbus, Ohio witch if you are familiar witch has a pretty hot market with prices and lack of inventory. I have been looking though in some of the less hot neighborhoods that are well established but ...