T. White
Should I pay off an investment property?
My husband passed away tragically 7 weeks ago and I now have insurance money to pay off our investment condo that we owe $115k at 4.1% interest (733 a month) We have a tenant in there and it pays for itself but I’m w...
Kyle Herb
First property in a flood zone
I'm looking at a fairly cheap property, in great condition, and with great potential cash flow. However, it's in a flood zone (Zone AE and almost in a Regulatory Floodway). This would be my first investment but I'd ...
Nick J.
Calling all Ins. agents/brokers
So fortunately I was able to bring the wife home from her J.O.B at United Health Care a few days ago. After a few days of what she calls boredom (probably just not used to it yet) She's talking about working on becomi...
Paul C.
Room for Interpretation in Tax Laws ?
I've been doing a lot of research on rental property tax accounting the past few days and am amazed (frustrated) at how many different answers I'm finding. For example:
1. Pre-rental expenses. On the one ha...
Mike S.
LLC for just a few Rentals or Better Insurance?
If you have just a few rental properties is iy worth having an LLC for each or fo i just up ky insurance. My acvountant always tells my accounting for doing taxes will get way more complicated (more money)
Michael Morrow
How to structure the purchase of my first rental
Hello BiggerPockets, I am looking to buy my first rental property soon. I have been talking to everyone I know about real estate and it caught my fathers interest. We are now considering on buying property together (m...
Ashley G.
Former HOA Board didn't get sufficient insurance coverage.
I'll try to keep this as short as possible as I could go on for days and days.I'm a unit owner that was not happy with the former board so I ran for the position and was voted on as treasurer. I am a Financial Analyst...
Jake Baker
My BRRRR Horror Story! What could I have done differently?
I wanted to share a horrible BRRRR experience with a property in Jacksonville, FL. What started as a promising BRRRR ended with us making the tough decision to sell at a loss after an unexpected disaster.
The Numbers...
Joshua Kohl
Landlord insurance cost
How much does landlord insurance generally cost? I read in “hold: buy and hold investing” by Linda mckissack that generally insurance is 0.5% of fair market value. I called Geico and progressive and they both are qu...
Bill Gulley
How Many Investors Have Related Financial Sales Experience?
Just wondering, how many RE invetsors have had or are involved in sales of other financial products? Insurance sales, bank PR/marketing, stock brokers, financial planners?
How has that experience played on your RE in...