Hello,I am a first-time OOS rental property investor, (closing is this Friday) in KCMO. Property was supposed to have a tenant in it through the end of this month but that changed due to a variety of circumstances. No...

I.E. a $1,200 loss was like having another $100 a month loan.Some of the things I wrote off werePower tools needed for the business, lawyer and accountant bills, mileage, office supplies, new printer, storage area .....If you want to grow bigger than 1 rental, make sure to understand what a gain/loss will do to your buying power. 

Teaching the boys how to put scaffold together.   They only nearly killed themselves twice. With July 4th here I want to say thank you to all of you out there. Without the rule of law the real estate industry does not...

@Henry ClarkMini Storage Newbie In Southern California looking at 360 unit mini storage (Small I know)Best rate 65% LTV 3.7% i/o 10 years Looking for higher LTVBest place to look for self/mini storage for sale?

In return for working with the broker and investor the buyer gets a guide in a sort of ways to help through the process.Also there are specific organizations for self storage, retail, industrial etc. and they have very specific books that can be useful.You have to be careful with books also.

I'd question if they are actually in the hospital or if this is an excuse to get out of moving.Tell them they said they'd leave and tell them to get friends and family to move their items into storage.

I have potentially started in multi family investing at the commercial level, then expanded to self storage in mobile home parks.

If you realllly like it, I’d have owner open dialogue with tenants - I’ve seen pay for move outs be something like pay for storage, moving, and 3 months of rent to move out within 30 or 60 days.

For those with self storage experience, I’m looking to find out the average cost per unit for a 10x10 non-climate controlled unit.Let’s say for example, 200 units to start out with.

This will make it easier at the end of the year for you to quickly determine what is a business deduction.Accounting Software Recommendations - Quickbooks(Desktop), Quickbooks(Online), Stessa, XeroOnline Storage to save receipts recommendations- Google Drive, Dropbox, Apple DriveExcel - to save information such as tenant name, lease start date, current rent, etc