
23 June 2016 | 10 replies
Welcome to BP and the questions you're' asking can easily be researched on BP.
24 July 2016 | 69 replies
Prop 13 results in ~$400/month savings.The future is not known by anyone and better cash flow can be achieved easily in many parts of the country.

10 July 2016 | 12 replies
Hello,I have been looking for almost 3 months (in Cincinnati) and having a hard time finding a good enough deal that's in a good, desirable location and rents easily.

5 July 2016 | 16 replies
If you do not do this you are placing zero value on cash which to a seasoned investor is a primary sin.Personally 5% is not enough to suite my investment goals and can easily be surpassed but each to their own.

12 August 2016 | 26 replies
@Kathryn Bowden If the windows are still in good condition (it opens/closes easily, locks, and non-foggy), I wouldn't spend the money to replace them.

23 September 2016 | 5 replies
Way better than getting a door with a veneer over engineered wood - pretty much non repairable if a dog scratches the daylights out of it, someone bangs their dresser into it when moving and dings the heck out of it etc -- solid jams can be repaired easily and the hardness of oak will take WAY more abuse.

12 August 2016 | 4 replies
You typically cannot strip the equity out of an investment property as easily as you can your own home unless you travel back to 2003.

17 August 2016 | 1 reply
Each of the below list is actual dollars spent by area, my contractor broke down his bill/quote so that I could more easily allocate costs for depreciation purposes (among other benefits of knowing what I am sending by room).I would like to be able to depreciate each of these expenditures of 7 years but I am not sure if I am allowed to (with the consequential answer placing these depreciation dollars into a 27.5 year bucket):Screened in Patio: $4,798 - we are destroying a room and turning into a nice screened in patio.Bedroom renovations: $7,888 - updating bedrooms with new drywall, removing and replacing ceilings, light fixtures, building additional closet space, paint, trim, etc.Entry way: $4,308 - the shared entry way is a mess right now.

29 August 2016 | 5 replies
I know the site has a built in calculator but I felt it was limiting in comparing multiple properties easily.

1 April 2021 | 17 replies
I want to reiterate that the tenant CAN pay the difference easily.