Suzanne P.
Bank accounts, tax & legal entities for Canadian investors in US
After a number of Joint Ventures and gap lending deals in Canada and the US, my journey towards becoming an active flip investor in the US continues. I just completed an asset protection conference in the US and there...
Mike H.
Depreciation does not cover rent. (50% land). Help
Hello,when I make the cashflow spreadsheet of almost any house (SFH, MF) around here (San Diego, California) I cannot manage to deduct enough taxes to cover rent. Am I doing something wrong?Most of the properties here...
Jaron Gin
Fledgling Investor in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Hello BP!I'm Jaron. I'm currently saving money living at home with my parents, and I commute about an hour everyday to the Fort Worth area where I work as a Mechanical Engineer. My journey in real estate investing s...
Jameson Cesar
Gonna lose my house if i cant get them out
We are landlords. Not by choice. We couldn't sell our house without losing money so we had to rent it. We had a 1 year lease agreement with our tenants. After the year was up there were signs problems with the police ...
D Mack
Seller wants to avoid an audit!!!!!
Im in the process of getting a duplex under contract. The home owner and I agreed on a price of 25,000. But he says he wants his money in 3 separate checks (9k, 9k, 7k). He says he wants it this way, so he's not audit...
Jonathan Cisneros
New to raising capital
As someone who is new to syndicating but has a background in construction and small-scale real estate development focused on building duplexes, I'm now interested in venturing into syndicating deals on apartment compl...
Helen Zhang
Do I really need a survey?
Hi BP community, This isn't the first time I'm doing a cash buy for properties, and I have never purchased a survey for properties before. However, this time it is different, I am buying a trustee sale. Should I purch...
Avrohom Green
I have $20,000 in cash is there any way to get into the market?
Hi,I am just starting out and have $20,000 in cash invested in the S&p 500. I am looking to get my feet wet in real estate. being a new investor I don't want to get to risky as I am prone to make mistakes with my ...
Account Closed
law suit on free and clear properties
Hi,I'm planning to start snowball payment of mortgage on my 3 duplexes and after going through some previous posts saw the major disadvantage is an impending lawsuit from a tenant. Are there any statistics on this? Is...
Neal Collins
How to fairly compensate leasing agent
We are at a point with our property management business that we need to bring on a leasing agent to help show units, dialogue with prospective tenants, as well as be generally familiar at providing business support at...