Rodney Sums
How does one pursue an abandoned home, possibly no heirs?
This property is in El Paso, TXThe following is an account from a friend of mine interested in pursuing neighboring home:-House has been vacant 6 years-The owner and her two sons died. Owner nor children were married....
Ivan Reyes
Alabama usury is 8%??
The searches I made online seem to say that the max usury in AL is 8%. Can this be right? Does that mean if you provide seller financing that the max you can charge your buyer is 8%.
That seems very low considering ...
Jason Watson
Material Participation and REPs
What are the general tests for material participation? This question comes up all the time. As tax professionals, we want to get the word out for those considering a real estate professional designation.
Ok. Here we ...
Edwin Loredo
Los Angeles: Adding an ADU to a Multi-Family (2-4 units) Property
Hey BP investors/landlords, first post on the forums, and looking to get some advice when it comes to ADUs in the Los Angeles area. I currently own a 2-unit property with a garage that I plan to convert into an ADU. D...
Ashley Barrier
Need information about my land rights.
Awhile back I let my neighbor use a Lil piece of my land to make a garden on which he was trying to get me to rent it to him for 25 dollars a year😂 yes a year. I also let him run waterlines across my land to his trail...
Jimmy H.
Using Homepath OO as investment
I have a question concerning a Homepath property in my area.
The home is priced at 99,000. I could purchase the home as an investment with 10% down using homepath financing. I have also thought that I could encourag...
Marci Stein
Tenant paints house -now wants rent reduction
tenant informed he painted the house and wants to pay half the rent (400 not 800). He reminded me that when he moved in last year I said if he paints i will reduce rent, but never said how much. This was to be a disc...
Paul Sanders
HOA CC&R's written in 1998 now being used to prevent STR's, what to do?
I purchased a property in an area with an HOA in 2020 in a ski town with the intent to build a home on it to live in during retirement (15 years away) and rent until then using it occasionally when not rented to cover...
Tom Dieringer
Giving VRBO a head start on Airbnb
Looking for thoughts on a strategy to help VRBO not get immediately buried by Airbnb and be permanently assigned to an “also ran” capacity. I realize that there are variables from market to market and property to prop...
Coleman Clark
Found asbestos During rehabbing 1st rental property
Test results positive for Asbestos on walls, and ceiling in kitchen area, and flooring the glue bonding under old vynal tiles, which is covered by carpet den and hallway. Sent removal proposal of all Asbestos areas te...