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2 December 2015 | 7 replies
Bonus: you'll have another set of eyes that'll keep you in mind when properties matching your criteria come to market.
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1 April 2015 | 5 replies
In the eyes of the IRS, rental income is "passive income" and the home office deduction cannot be taken to reduce passive income.
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10 March 2010 | 8 replies
When I closed my last one it was without the blink of an eye, glanced at the closing docs and signed and checked the HUD.
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14 May 2010 | 26 replies
I was staring pie-eyed at my computer screen this morning thinking it was something on MY end.This site is a great service, and I am sure we ALL appreciate it very much!
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4 July 2010 | 24 replies
The deadly games of smoking and drinking are just favorite pastimes around these parts and in the public eye should be allowed to be together.
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21 July 2010 | 16 replies
I actually had a multiple reply thread with another BP member over this and we never saw eye-to-eye on the thing.
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24 January 2011 | 65 replies
A real well drawn irrevocable trust.I'm not doing any of this with eye to increasing estate.
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9 September 2010 | 23 replies
BP opened my eyes to a whole range of ways to make money in today's market.