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Hi BP,My wife and I file tax report together and we are thinking to take conventional loans individually w/ the hope go beyond the limit of conventional loans. The questions I have are:- Banks can see all our rental r...
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Beginner investor here. I’m looking at buying a condo for STR (yes this is allowed at the building). The building is near the beach and is about 40 years old. I’m wondering, when a house is purchased there would be an...
Hello BP community! I was led to this site by the book Set for Life by Scott Trench, which I am currently reading. I have no experience in the real estate business so I am happy to find this site so I can learn and gr...
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I am really intrested on real estate and getting hands on with basics required really excited and also nervous about this new journey but the goal is to be financially independent
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I ran across this article this evening when I was researching some other tax matters:
Who says you can't depreciate land?
The basic procedure seems to be:
1. Split the improvements from the l...
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Hello BP community,Are self directed IRAs a good idea for those working towards early retirement? My goal is to retire/be financially free by age 35 and not being able to access the cash without penalty until 59 1/2 m...
Hello, My name is Wedzervil Dominique yeah ik weird name huh, I’m currently 17 years old turnin 18 in 3 or so months give or take, I have little to no experience in real estate, with abt 4-5 total hours of research on...
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Hi everyone,I'm a complete newbie at investing, and I feel like even with the books I've read there are still so many unanswered questions I have. For information, I'm a year out of college and have a very decent W2 i...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Hixson.
Purchase price: $158,500
Cash invested: $45,000
First deal in Chattanooga.
What made you interested in in...
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Being today (4th of July) is about celebrating independence and freedom, I thought it would be nice to hear from the thousands of people that are on here and have FINANCIAL FREEDOM.Please share a brief story about how...