Josh Otero
What’s the hardest part of being a property owner?
18 January 2025 | 18 replies
They don't understand how to price effectively, study the market, set boundaries with tenants, establish policies and procedures, communicate, and dozens of other things.
Jorge Abreu
Evaluating Property Managers
28 December 2024 | 1 reply
This fosters a top-down management approach that ensures accountability and efficiency throughout the property.As I've earned from my own experiences, the difference between a good operator and a poor one lies in effective asset management.
Matthew Posteraro
Conservative Scaling for House Hacking
18 January 2025 | 8 replies
Our clients have used 1031 exchanges very effectively when they have a property that turns out to not be the right fit for them.
Wilfredo Miron
Pros & cons
26 December 2024 | 6 replies
However, its subscription costs can add up, and the effectiveness of direct mail depends on execution and market conditions.
Tyler Speelman
Exploring Creative Solutions for Down Payment and Tax Avoidance
12 January 2025 | 13 replies
The rules are designed to prevent related parties from engaging in exchanges that shift high basis property for low basis property, followed by a sale of the low basis property, effectively "cashing out" without recognizing gain.If you sell a property to a related party as part of a 1031 exchange, both you and the related party must hold the exchanged properties for at least two years following the exchange.
Joshua Houchins
Accounting Software?
9 January 2025 | 16 replies
When we moved our companies to a new accounting software we looked at Quickbooks, but found its international awareness (tax rules, multi-currency, locale support, etc), project/job, and multi-company abilities to be clunky.To be fair, none of the candidates hit everything on our wishlist.We ended-up selecting MoneyWorks by Cognito and have been satisfied with it over the past three years.
Alex Hall
Subto FHA problem
19 January 2025 | 54 replies
Sub2 is a risky strategy for a long term buy and hold as the longer the deal structure stays in place, the higher the chance that issues will arise (like issues with the loan servicer, insurance, seller filing for bankruptcy, seller dying, seller realizing their DTI ratio and ability to buy their next property is negatively effected and becoming upset about it like in your case, due on sale clause being called, etc.).
Mustafa Shaikh
RAD Diversified Review — It Wasn't Pretty
8 January 2025 | 146 replies
What is the selection criteria for investors to which you will pitch these investments?
Chris Shon
Do I need a Real Estate Tax Accountant?
10 January 2025 | 16 replies
Bigger Pockets is a great place to find a real estate tax accountant.A good real estate accountant can save you thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.You may want to consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for a accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.
Timothy Franklin
STR sub-to/ portfolio
1 January 2025 | 26 replies
I have done extensive research in the risks, how to structure such deals to mitigate those risks as effectively as possible, and legal considerations of each strategy.