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Are you overwhelmed when you look at your rental property insurance premium? Do you have difficulty understanding what the costs are associated with? If so, you’re not alone. Many people struggle to comprehend the various components of their insurance premium. In this blog post, we’ll explore your insurance premium, so you can better understand what goes into your premium and what you should be looking out for as an investor...

Real Estate Broker, Developer, and Entrepreneur Luke Blahnik joins us to discuss his neighborhood of expertise: Logan Square!Luke knows the neighborhood block by block and outlines some of the premier streets that feature phenomenal housing stock on oversized lots. Luke elaborates on the different pockets of the neighborhood including the higher priced areas around the Boulevards and other more affordable options near the edges of Logan...

We sat down with Megyn Christensen, Strategic Account Manager of Strategic Account Manager to talk about a great powerful tool to validate personal information and criminal history.For example, if somebody calls you for a house showing, who just got out of prison; You're going to be able to enter that person's phone number and be able to pull up their criminal record and their financial history.  Questions We Answer In this...

Rick Ofman has over six years of experience in commercial real estate and is a Director at Essex Realty Group.Rick kicks things off by defining underwriting and associated terminology. He provides a thorough breakdown of income, expenses, and necessary assumptions. Rick shares insight on forecasting variables such as rehab costs, rent increases, and tax increases to name a few. He explains some valuation terms such as gross rent multipl...

Marisa Novara was appointed as Commissioner of the Department of Housing (DOH) in 2019 and has since led the creation of policies to promote equitably distributed affordable housing across the City.Commissioner Novara starts by explaining the purpose of the DOH. She dives deep on a fascinating study on segregation across the City that her team conducted. She speaks to the results of the segregation study and how her team is utilizing th...

At the age of 32 years old, Scott Trench has already become CEO of BiggerPockets and his contributions have helped countless investors build wealth.Scott discusses meeting Josh Dorkin and the early start-up days at BiggerPockets (BP). He speaks to BP’s rapid growth, challenges along the way, and of course, BP’s loyal customer base. Scott fills us in on the current vision of BP and some of the potential upcoming enhancements ...

We sat down with Chris Puleo, Producing Area Manager of The Puleo Group to talk about the hot topic of FHA limits being increased effective January 1, 2023.  With property values rapidly rising over the last few years the Federal Housing Administration is raising lending limits to keep pace with home price inflation. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) helps first-time homebuyers and those with low to moderate incomes purchase...

Collete English Dixon has overseen over $8 billion in real estate transactions and joins us to discuss how the industry has changed.Collete explains how large real estate transactions are different today compared to 25 years ago and discusses the impact that large institutional investors have had on the market. She breaks down the difference between large scale deals and smaller transactions. Collete talks about her transition into the ...

Vince DePaul, Realtor, and long term owner/operator of Your House Academy, which is Illinois’ second largest pre-licensing and continuing education real estate school drops nearly 5 decades of personal and professional experience in Chicago. Vince begins by talking about his previous career as a rockstar manager (Styx)! He shares stories about Roseland and Humboldt Park in the 60s and 70s. Vince transitions into his journey as bot...

We interviewed Bolanle Ogunmakin of Quality Builders on this important topic that affects all investors.   In my personal experience, even as an experienced flipper/rehabber, it is easy to get comfortable and not follow the process you know that works.  You might take a shortcut and skip a step, forget a verification, or maybe you didn’t get a contract signed correctly. Oversights like these can cost you thousands of dol...