Charles Smith
Where to the apartment deals??
I am investing in apartments in the Cincinnati, OH area. Looking to buy 50 or more unit apartment complexes. What do you find to be the most effective way to locate these off market deals? Mls and Loopnet seem to t...
Melvin Benzaquen
Buying 1st rental for cash but want to reinvest
I am about to close on my 1st rental home that I am paying cash for. I would like to somehow pull some or most of the value out of the house by some means in order to reinvest for additional properties and to have the...
G. F.
Florida has over 500,000 pending foreclosure cases!
There is so much chatter about how the market is improving (case-shilling up, consumer confidence up, etc...). I think for Florida and many other area's, it's only half time.
If this article (http://www.dsnews.com/ar...
Daniel Gibson
FHA loans and marriage
My fiancée and I are planning to move to Florida in Dec 2020, buy our first ever property, and we'll be getting married in Feb, 2021. The plan is to buy a fixer upper and house hack. The long term plan is to stay in F...
Alton Bell
Needing to speak with a CPA
Hello BP Community. My name is AJ and I’m based in Phx Arizona. Me and my girlfriend are planning to get into the reAl estate game and want to begin flipping properties. Not so much buy and hold or rentals but buying ...
David Mateer
Depreciable basis when converting residence to rental property
Hey everyone!Let me preface this post with the fact that I plan to talk with a CPA on all of this, but I like to be educated for conversations like this.
I purchased my house in 2012 for $185,000. I’ve been living in...
Lilah Johnson
How do you make a 3rd unit legal/have meters installed?
Purchasing a multi-family (2 units) with a third unit that needs work. It doesn't have a separate meter for electrical/gas and is not a legal unit. Anyone know how to go about making it legal/getting meters installed?...
Alex Fisher
In search of Advice for selling a house!
My parents own an Investment house in Columbia, SC. The Address is 1035 Karlaney Avenue, Cayce, SC 29033 located less than 5 minutes from campus and Columbia. . You can find it on Zillow.com listed at $164,900. Its be...
Kyle Doney
One Car Garage Converted to Living Space
I have a house I'm closing on next week that the owner converted the garage into a man cave type of deal. They put in a window and framed in the one car garage door (looks fine). Its carpeted, drywalled, electric, but...
Steven C. Suarez
Buying a vacay rental, honor current bookings or no?
Hey BPers, I'm currently buying a vacation rental in South Padre island, Texas. It's already booked through summer. The company handling the listings is vacasa and charge 30% which seems high. I'm looking to Airbnb th...