Collin Hays
Tips for negotiating your real estate deal
9 January 2025 | 18 replies
In many states, this is public information.
Raquel Wilson
New to Real Estate – Focused on BRRRR & Rentals for International Investors
4 January 2025 | 5 replies
I recently moved back to the U.S. after almost two decades working in international development and entrepreneurship across the African continent, from co-founding a tech-enabled logistics company in Ghana to negotiating public-private partnerships for infrastructure investments in Senegal.
Llamier Guzman
Newbie Here (Duplex/Sfh)
10 January 2025 | 23 replies
States that are non-disclosure don't have as much public information and Zillow doesn't have access to non-public info for their analytics.
Pierre Garcia
New to the real-estate game. Taking my first steps through bigger pockets platform.
6 January 2025 | 1 reply
Finding the Right Deal:Investors often rely on off-market deals (not listed publicly) or network connections.
Michael Poloncic
Tenant breaking their lease
9 January 2025 | 8 replies
Send a notice: The landlord can post a notice in a visible place and send a notice by mail to the tenant's last known addressRemove belongings: The landlord can remove the tenant's belongings and store themRecover costs: The landlord can recover the costs of moving and storage from the tenantSell belongings: If the tenant doesn't claim their belongings, the landlord can sell them at a public sale(End)Please only communicate with the tenants - all of them - in written form only so it can be used in any collection/court engagement.
Michael Deering
Buying Rentals in Japan
25 January 2025 | 15 replies
Also, not very easy to use typical methods of valuation like comparable sales - there is no public tax assessor's website that you can just freely grab this from.
Karen Margrave
REDDING, CA INVESTORS
24 January 2025 | 37 replies
We talked about opening the meetups to the general public, and not just BP members to get more people. let me know what topics you'd like to get more expertise on, and I'll line up some people to come so we can pick their brains.
Michael Plaks
Crazy technicalities: how the IRS defines your age. Spoiler: it depends.
29 December 2024 | 1 reply
Publication 15, Employer's Tax Guide, says only this much:...Payments for the services of a child under age 18 who works for their parent in a trade or business aren't subject to social security andMedicare taxes...No definition, and IRS publications are not really law anyway.
Peter Firehock
Multifamily Market Outlook for the Washington D.C. Metro
26 January 2025 | 3 replies
Many employers are seeing now as a great time to opportunistically buy or lease, usually downsizing, into new office spaces in the district during this period where there are still depressed prices, even on some Class A office spaces.The Resurgence of the Office Market in D.C.The resurgence of employers returning to the city with the pandemic fears now in the rearview mirror is apparent with Q4 of 2024 being the first quarter of positive leasing absorption for office space in the District over the last 10 quarters (Source) Another example is Boston Properties Group (NYSE: BXP), the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of Class A Office space in the United States, is building a 320,000 square foot new trophy office in Downtown DC, with 5 floors already pre-leased to the global law firm McDermott Will & Emery as well as the Rockefeller Group developing a 422,000 square foot office building slated for delivery in 2026 at 600 Fifth St.NW, which is similarly 50% pre-leased (Source).
Ronit Lodd
Best Property Management Software to Scale to 10+ STR Listings? + Direct Bookings
26 January 2025 | 13 replies
Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.