Hi everyone,

I am trying to figure out my best option for a house that was gifted to me while my parent was still alive. It was mentioned to me in a previous thread that I could pay 0% capital gains if my i...

Husband and I are considering buying his parents' home and I have some questions about this and would love any feedback on how to minimize hassle and our costs. We're doing this for two main reasons: 1) Prevent his da...

Hi, I'm a new landlord and wanted to see what others do when it comes to the holidays with their tenants.

I have two young men that rent from me, this February will be 1 year. They have never been late and never m...

Well, we are getting around to the most wonderful time of the year and that means tenant Christmas gifts. I know some Scrooge like landlords skimp on this but I am convinced that Christmas gifts build good will and ar...

Hi All,Wondering if anyone has left a welcome present for new tenants moving in? If so what? Dan

Last year we tried something new. In early December, we sent both our tenants (we only had two units at the time) a Christmas card saying thank you and enclosing a $50 gift card. We did it mainly to say thank-you t...

I've found a property I would like to purchase, but I'm having a hard time figuring out a way to finance it.  The asking price is $120k, and the problem I'm running into is that I cannot use gifted funds for the down ...

Hi all,Can I receive a gift money from a friend who is actually a General Manager at my job?Any advice would be appreciated.Marin

Just finished closing a nice 138 unit deal in Austin with a great group of investors! Was packing some thank you gift boxes last night and thought I would ask the BP crowd what gifts their investors have enjoyed the m...

So here's the situation.

I inherited this tenant, let call her tenant A, when I first purchased the property back in July. It’s a triplex, I live there myself and rent the other two units. This is my first property...