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Hi BP Community,I'm considering doing a high end redesign and addition to an 1800 sf SFH. I'd like to redesign the existing first floor of the house and add a 1400 sf second floor for a total living area of 3200 s...
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Hi everyone,
I've got tremendous help and support from this forum in the past 3 years. To give back to this community, I thought I'd share information on the second ADU project I'm working on in Santa Clara. I posted...
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Hi guys, I have 5 properties and I am struggling to manage them. I do have a full time job and a family but besides that, its only 5 properties. By managing I mean paying utilities when the tenant moves out, getting a...
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While I've been having fun following the AI craze over the past several months, I've have had a hard time seeing where AI might disrupt the real estate industry... but it just clicked.
Here's my prediction - Over the...
Living in a new age of people working and learning from home!I recently listened to the BP Podcast episode 380 (Go check it out!), and they brought up an interesting point. Many people are working from home, so I'm cu...
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Hi all-I was reading one of the blog posts on the Short Term Shop blog about Schedule E vs C, passive vs non-passive. In the blog, they reference, "According to Treasury regulations, vacation rental owners who rent th...
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I am at odds with the guy helping me reno my reno. He says just buy carpet. He hasnt run rentals to see what happens to rental carpet. I am so tired of replacing carpet. Going to wood floor,,,they can buy a area c...
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Age 40. Owner of a singe-family rental homePurchase price 15 years ago: $200,000 (zero down payment)Current value: $400,000+Current mortgage: 20-year fixed with 19 years remaining @ 2.875%Seeking advice and opinion...
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Alright BP Nation, this is the start of Year 2 of the Real Life of the Real Estate Investor thread.In the first year of the Real Life of a Real Estate Investor, without meaning to do so, it attracted and resulted in ...