I own a quadraplex and the county just did a reassessments of tax values.  Mine just dropped from 150k to 50k.  Everyone else in the county is complaining that their assessments went up by 75%-100%.  I was expecting m...

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal....SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — The decrease in Bay Area rental prices has been significant this year, especially in the most expensive cities.

I have been going back and forth in my mind about how to go about rehabbing BOTH units of a duplex with tenants in the upstairs unit.I thought to commence the rehab on the bottom, offer them to move into it once remodel is done (with no increase to rent for the remainder of their current term) then rehab the top unit and move in - OR - rehab the top unit while they live inside, for a decrease in rent for the duration of the construction.

Demand for rentals increases; supply of rentals decreases.

You are right on few things.1) your cap gain gets stacked up with your W2 income and other income. 2) if you have some rental loss, yes it can decrease your initial 40k other/W2 income.Quick call to CPA should clarify.

Lastly, there has been a resurgence in population; there has not been a decrease in how many leave, but rather how many come back.

We had to get rid of the shower and make it just a half bath, which ideally you’d never want to decrease your number of bathrooms but after studying it for awhile there was really no way to properly get it working again without spending a ton.

Hi BP Team,I realize there have been many posts about the HUD decreasing MI factors today and it's finally about time we're getting some good news!

The answer is simple: you need to find ways to either increase your income without increasing expenses or decrease expenses without decreasing income.

This decreases gross profits because of the lower dollar values, but probably increases margins since some builders are scared off.