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Fed Finjap Reflecting on my first year house hacking a 3-flat in Chicago
2 January 2025 | 11 replies

Hey everyone,
As 2024 comes to a close, I wanted to share my experience managing a 3-flat in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago during my first year as a landlord. It’s been a wild ride—full of challenges, lesson...

Timothy Burns How to approach Lease Violations--Rookie First Timer Landlord
30 June 2023 | 41 replies

To clarify my situation, I am in my first year of landlording, househacking a duplex, so I live next door to tenant. Tenant hasn't even been here a full six months and has broken the lease I feel several ways, but Im ...

Tonya English Launch Your Leads Scam
27 January 2025 | 65 replies

I’m considering hiring an attorney for a class action suit against the scammers from Launch Your Leads that take thousands of dollars and then you never hear from them. Their previous company Amplify My Business has t...

Carrie Nevins Can I evict tenant for painting without permission?
28 November 2017 | 18 replies

Hey guys, My new tenant moved in last month and before she had even moved in her things, she had painted two of the bedrooms as well as the baseboards and door frames white (the rest of the house is light oak). She ha...

Tina Bo Tenant still in house 1 week before closing
24 April 2018 | 15 replies

We are purchasing a home that we intend to live in as our primary residence (we have two other investment homes out of state so it's not our first rodeo). We are purchasing the home through the seller and her agent, h...

Eric Foster Marketing Ideas To Find Deals!
17 April 2008 | 23 replies

Hello All,

I hope I caught your attention with this headline!

So I was thinking… (oh no here we go). I truly believe that to be successful in ANY business (real estate investing or not) marketing is the key! Withou...

Brian Ellis Nice little surprise
18 September 2018 | 31 replies

Starting renovating my first rental property. It is a duplex located in a mostly single family neighborhood. One unit was vacant and very outdated (as you can see), and the other one was recently renovated by the sell...

Chris Sukala What could happen with this tenant
28 April 2019 | 22 replies

So here is our issue? This past January a couples lease was up, so we sent them a renewal. The wife texts back my wife and states they are getting a divorce and she’s leaving but husband is staying. Husband send back ...

Mike Girard What about Kensington in Philadelphia?
4 May 2015 | 27 replies

Philadelphia is proving to be a tougher nut to crack than anticipated.  Everything desirable is too high for me, since I would like to pay cash (max 250k)  (bad credit risk due to no income) Kensington seems to have s...

Shane Hetzel Equity Lenders International, Inc. Anyone have any knowledge of?
20 January 2016 | 10 replies

Has anyone had any interactions or knowledge of a company called Equity Lenders International, Inc? This is apparently a group of private investors and/or facilitators for pairing up available private money to worthy ...