Michael Baum
WIRED article on NYC STRs and new law
Here is an article on NYC's new law that has gone into affect - https://www.wired.com/story/airbnb-ban-new-york-numbers/Here is the WIRED article from a couple of days ago about the law - https://www.wired.com/story/a...
Bill Gulley
Politics and Real Estate
First, there is a stickey in the Off Topic section; Political Discussions On BP, where Josh has outline the rules concerning political discussions, so let's take care to follow them.
In our new political environment ...
Natalie Kolodij
Vancouver Canada Imposing $10k vacant house tax- rental crisis
Vancouver $10,000 annual vacant house taxAny thoughts on this? They are saying that there is just basically no rental properties available, so if you're just holding property you're getting taxed $10,000 annually for ...
Jeff Petsche
Thoughts on the New Financial Choice Act and It's Impact?
With the new passing of a bill called the Financial Choice Act, which scales back or eliminates many of the post-crisis banking rules under Dodd Frank, I wanted to know what other BP members thought about this topic, ...
Account Closed
New google facility.
I just heard of the following google site/service.
Google U.S. Government Search offers a single location for searching across U.S. government information, and for keeping up to date on government news. You can choos...
Nick F.
Driving for dollars question
Hey guys I recently started driving for dollars. I've found a few properties that might be available but I have some questions about how to figure out if it would be available. For instance I found one that looks va...
Brandon Paquette
Looking to interview landlords for study
Hi everyone-I'm an MBA student studying the apartment rental market in Greater Boston. My team and I are hoping to find property owners to speak with about experiences finding tenants, managing properties, and dealin...
Account Closed
Detroit HUD's
I wanted to post in regard to the HUD homes in Detroit. Typically I have found that majority of Government owned homes are in better conditions. That being said it is a bidding process, highest bidder wins. What is co...
Rick Bassett
The Implications of Dodd/Frank Repeal
I don't care if you love or hate the current tenant at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This post isn't intended to be political.I am curious to get the opinions of other BPers on what the investing road ahead/climate looks li...
Tyler D.
What is a "homestead" residence?
I'm looking to optimize my tax situation, as many states offer tax breaks for "homestead" residences.However, I have yet to see a formal definition of what a homestead actually is.To qualify as a homestead, do you nee...