For 2022, my husband met Real Estate Professional status.  I am a high income W2 earner.  We filed an extension for 2022 taxes and are just finalizing them now.  Our CPA says that if I cost segregate and bonus depreci...

I'm new to real estate and have watched videos and listened to webinars and phones calls from rich dad poor dad and Renatus.  Only to find you must pay money and a lot of it after they give you there sales pitch.  The...

Good Morning fellow BP'ers!We are Howard and Heather Johnston and are new to the REI world. We discovered BP about 6 months ago and have listened to every podcast, many twice, watched webinars, followed threads, bough...

Hey everyone i bit the bullet and bought a new list of absentee owners spread over 3 zip code in Orlando. My criteria was Absentee owners, 3+ bedroom, ownership 15 years plus, omit trustees. I skipped equity for co...

Its always striking how often small time landlords won't call me back when I call about a past or current tenant.I always return calls about my tenants as soon as possible because I know how important it is for landlo...

Hi!  Just bought my Multi in 2018 and now just got my adjusted tax bill.  It went from $$$$ to $$,$$$.  Almost 2.5 folds.  I guess assessor went on purchased price of the property.  Anyone tried fighting this?  I was ...

I am new, like pre-school new, to real estate investing and am confused about where to even start.  I have looked at several courses and they all want my investment $ to teach me how to invest.  Ummmm.  So for now I a...

I just finished Jimmy Napier's book, "Invest in Debt."  In Chapter 2, he states that, in 1982, the size of the seller-financed note market was $75B. I believe that the current size of the seller-financed note market i...

Hi everyone, my name is Avis Durant from Naperville, IL.  I am new to real estate and looking for as much knowledge as I can possibly soak up.  So far BP has been an excellent resource for all things real estate relat...

I've contacted a number of Title Companies who claim not to know what this is, and once explained what it is, claim that they don't do them.

So my question is: are contract assignments illegal in California?

I've he...