For those investors who work in the student housing markets. Have you attempted to get agency debt and had to deal with the 20% student housing hurdle? My understanding is that if the apartment is occupied by more tha...

Hello all,I have seen several posts about confusion between what is considered CapEx, maintenance and repairs.  To me, repairs and maintenance can almost be combined (assuming CapEx items exclude repairs and are their...

Any tax guru here can help me confirm this: even I spend more than 750 hours/year on real estate activities (managing my own rentals and being a RE agent), because I have another full time job (computer engineer) so m...

Greetings fellow investors,I am close to get into my first property and I am wondering about the following.We are all aware that the interest paid on the mortgage is tax deductible but ......A) Does the deduction rela...

The more people I talk with the more it appears that there isn't a firm definition of performance; or folks are liberally using the terms depending on whether they are buying or selling.  Is there a trusted source tha...

Ok,so tons of us are looking to make a little coin with REI. So before I get out there and go "gung-ho" making offers and signing contracts, I'd like to know what the "real deal" investors/rehabbers look for when choo...

I am interested in a duplex in Provo, UT. My lender told me that I could not use an FHA because property was zoned as a duplex/two-family dwelling.

I would like to be a co-borrower to assist my daughter and her husb...

Hey all, I'm a freelance videographer. In the area that I live in I see virtually no listings that offer video walk throughs , only slide shows. Why do you all think this is? Is high quality video something any of you...

Greetings,Can someone explain what the underlined phrase below means in simpler English? :)A qualified real estate professional is a taxpayer who owns at least one interest in rental real estate that:
- Performs more...

So the more and more i look into buying a home, the more and more i realize that people just dont give their properties away for nothing, all people seem to be aware of what their preperty is worth and are trying thei...