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Straight Up Chicago Investor Podcast Episode 185: What Chicago House Hackers Need To Know About Upd...

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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...

Straight Up Chicago Investor Podcast Episode 184: Overseeing $8 Billion In Real Estate Transactions...

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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 ...

Straight Up Chicago Investor Podcast Episode 183: Forty-Six Years of Chicago Real Estate Knowledge ...

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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...

Straight Up Chicago Investor Podcast Episode 182: How To Vet Contractors For Your Chicago Rehab

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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...
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