IRS peeking into your income,  Realized Cap Gains Increase, UNREALIZED CAP-GAINS TAX, DEATH OF THE 1031 EXHANGE AND MORE!!! 
(I AM NO CPA AND THE FOLLOWING ARE MY VIEWS BASED ON MY INTREPRETATION OF THE ATTACHED DOCU...

Hi folks, I am trying to buy a quadplex to house hack for my family. We are planning to occupy there for 1 ~ 2 years and looking for cash flow after we leave. So my plan is to get experience on managing property &...

I have a very nice couple with three well behaved kids that wants to rent one of my homes. The problem for me is trying to verify if they are good tenants or not. I asked for the standard copies of each of the couples...

Through all of my research and networking the most valuable skill in real estate continues to be the ability to find a deal. Whether that’s for wholesaling or for other strategies, everything seems to lead back to fin...

With the exception of community banks and credit unions, most would agree that banks still aren’t lending. “Hogwash!” some of you bankers who are reading this will probably say.

As a follow up to a post I did nearly...

I have a question about how to handle the cash flow for two of my properties.

One is a four-plex that I'm rehabbing and will hopefully flow nicely. There is little appreciation as it's in a small town where prices ...

Hello everyone! Been reading these forums for a while, first time posting. So let's get right to the point: I have a half acre lot Chicago (Rogers Park). Building was crumbling, so had it demo'd and fenced in. I purch...

Trying to get the correct understanding of this process. I want to do a 3yr with 3.5% down and $100/month rental credit.My main question is what happens at the end of the 3 yr period. I am under the impression that th...

My husband passed away tragically 7 weeks ago and I now have insurance money to pay off our investment condo that we owe $115k at 4.1% interest (733 a month)  We have a tenant in there and it pays for itself but I’m w...

Hello all BP! Thought I would share my thoughts on the market for the week: a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and/or financial markets.Today I'm talkin’ the bull vs bear case for real estate in 2024...