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22 January 2025 | 10 replies
Hello community,I have researching on benefits of long-term rental, and a bit stuck on requirements to be full time real estate professional (the 700 hours) if one has to be able to take tax advantages.
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15 January 2025 | 11 replies
After going through appraisal and all the applications process, they rejected the loans, over how HOA consists of too many investors vs homeowners, I then picked another unit in different community, did the same process, then they rejected the another execuse over HOA, It costs me several months times of refi and I requested the refund of appraisal fee and didn't get this refund.
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24 January 2025 | 10 replies
Hello BP Community, I am under contract to purchase a new construction home as an investment property and I am the RE Agent.
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15 January 2025 | 10 replies
Agreed.....Milwaukee has such a helpful community of investors.
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17 January 2025 | 40 replies
It's nice to see the community showing support for STRs and pointing out that an STR doesn't solve any of the real problems.
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8 January 2025 | 3 replies
Looking for spaces in existing or new communities coming up in and around phoenix, dallas, austin, raleigh, irvine, charlette, san diego.Imin austin.
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20 January 2025 | 6 replies
.• Retirement communities• Syndicates (from initial explorations, little transparency from providers, little oversight - almost leap of faith and trust in provider?)
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7 January 2025 | 5 replies
I'm an experienced project manager with hundreds of cradle-to-grave efforts under my belt, including building project scopes and budgets, evaluating contract proposals, and managing construction to maintain the delivery of high quality products on-time and in budget.Penny is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), serving the community mental health needs of parents, children and families.We both recognize we have an immense opportunity to serve our community and want to capitalize on the blessings we have been provided so that we can continue serving our neighbors.My wife, Penny, and I are looking to transition into commercial multi-family real estate in 2025.
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12 January 2025 | 1 reply
I look forward to learning from this community.
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8 January 2025 | 12 replies
Quote from @Nick Wimmel: Hey BP Community!