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10 November 2021 | 686 replies
Originally posted by @Steve K.:it's
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17 November 2017 | 5 replies
@Fisayo Ijamakinwa - here is a good article https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/diy-home-inspection-checklist/
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15 August 2018 | 23 replies
If your intent was primarily to resell (flip) then you can't do a 1031 (yet another thing Hollywood fails to mention).Secondly, a 1031 exchange isn't DIY.
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5 May 2023 | 10 replies
Hi All,
I currently use Apartments.com for managing my two long term rental units in Colorado, and I want to know what other small time landlords use. What software/website offers the best:
-Tenant screening
-Li...
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11 August 2022 | 28 replies
We DIY all we can - paint the cabinets instead of replacing, even paint floor tile to spruce up bathrooms, etc.
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17 September 2016 | 14 replies
The law is not something that is well known to be DIY.
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31 March 2018 | 3 replies
My plan is to do a live in flip (Purchase price $172K, Reno $14K), and then rent out rooms to friends, roommates, etc. the property is basically move in ready, but the renovation (which would be almost all DIY) is an attempt to have the property appraise near top of market at $240K.All in all everything seems good, and going according to plan.
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9 November 2018 | 9 replies
.- You could suppress this number by increasing depreciation and maybe finding other deductible items, but that would not be a DIY project.