It's been a great 2012 already.1) Closed on the sale of one of our rentals (which was my personal home at one point).2) Closed on a tough duplex deal for a buyer client. 3) Refinanced 2 of our duplexes.4) Had record level blog traffic. 5) Started shopping for our own new home. 6) Kept up with my workout plans.I should mention that #1 and #2 were both difficult for similar reasons that Thomas mentioned.

By reading the posts, and the blogs, you'll learn alot about many facets of Real Estate investing.

Just make sure your contractor bills break these pieces out to substantiate the cost.A CPA that writes in the blog section said recently that kitchen cabinets were depreciable as 5-yr property.http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2024/blog_posts/20803-tax-saving-tips-for-reiI hadn't heard that before and asked her to confirm, but no response from her yet.

Lowest interest rate bid is the winner.I'll discuss what I did, and that of my friends who participated for the first time in tax lien investing, on my BiggerPockets blog in the next day or two.

Rob, here are some blog entries by Jeff Brown on investing in San Diego vs. other places.

The following blog article lists those questions and provides insight from a qualified intermediary on what differentiates the investor from a dealer.

For example, if you have a real estate blog site you should have links pointing to your site from pages or sites related to real estate.

Make sure you checkout the forums and blogs and I would recommend using the search feature to find information you are looking for.

Also, be sure to read some of the great articles on Direct Mail from Sharon Vornholt on the BiggerPockets Blog.

As for factoring in all your fixed costs, here's a good read for next time: Calculating Fixed Costs (J Scott Blog Post)