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16 September 2024 | 12 replies
If the plan is to alter the footprint of the home your site plan will need 2' elevation contours, trees and waterways marked.
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20 September 2024 | 25 replies
Hi BP community,My name is Antonio, I am a real estate investor who is now living in Tennessee.My background:I am originally from New York, but spent most of my adult life in Tokyo Japan where I invested in real estate and had a consulting business.
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20 September 2024 | 9 replies
It’s deducted over the remaining life span.
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21 September 2024 | 7 replies
ALL taxable gains carry over for the rest of your life or until you choose to sell without exchanging.
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21 September 2024 | 33 replies
To be a real life real estate investor in '09' was to be contrarian, to buy then was to be the abnormal "freak".
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20 September 2024 | 13 replies
In most municipalities approvals have a few year shelf life and in the event new regulations or new zoning bills are passed you could lose the benefit of the in place zoning/development procedures.
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20 September 2024 | 8 replies
Question: Are there any investors turned real estate agents, living the "double life" and would recommend this?
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20 September 2024 | 5 replies
Is there a life lock type of alert for properties?
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19 September 2024 | 13 replies
It’s by far the most forgiving strategy and you don’t have to hit a home run for it to change your life.
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19 September 2024 | 12 replies
You don't want to get yourself in a situation where you have to cover part of the monthly mortgage every month otherwise how will you get to travel and live the investor life right?