It’s tax season! Yay! Can we detect sarcasm when it’s typed out? Since April is fast approaching that means many of us will need to file our Federal Tax Returns. Even if you are filing an extension I have tried to...

PLEASE, FOCUS & DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO BUY REAL ESTATE BEFORE FALL 2017 and lock in a 30 year interest rate.Housing Prices in the US will be coming down slightly over the next 2 years as interest rates go up.NO...

Dear all,I am readding NOLO's article referenced at the end about how new Tax Law changes 179 expensing.Do I read it correctly that I can write off a car cost (new or used) 100% using 179 expensing?My scenario:- Me an...

I would greatly appreciate if someone could let me know the correct # of MACRS depreciation years that a manufactured home not anchored to land (e.g. sitting on leased land). Specific links or references to IRS public...

This was a convo my family had around the dinner table last night as some are leasing and some are buying their car. I was wondering what the BP community thought about leasing a car. Lets make the assumption that you...

I have a general question about rental property in disrepair.  My parents have a rental house that has some major floor rot problems.  The house is on peer and beam, not a concrete slab. The tenants have been in the h...

My name is Justin and I am 22. I have wanted to do rei since I was in High School. I figured the best way to get a jump start would be to go to carpentry school and learn as much about houses as possible. I went to...

Good day all,I am looking at putting together a list of ways that people have gone about forcing equity/value in their properties.  To start the ball rolling, I like adding a unit/income stream where there wasn't one ...

I'm sure I'm not the first, but I am wondering how feasible it is to BRRRR a SFR to have it as a Student Rental? Is it more challenging to get a long-term loan/refinance if the house is used as a Student rental?
I am...