Greg Fend
Knowing when to cut your losses?
When do you know it's time to call it quits on a property?
I have a SFH in MD that I purchased as a primary residence while living in MD from 2008-2010. I held onto it because I was (and still am) upside down and wo...
Shiloh Lundahl
How to FIND THE RIGHT MENTOR for you.
Earlier this week I unexpectedly found that I had some free time in the evening so I looked on meetup.com to see if there were any real estate meetups happening around me. I found one in Phoenix so I drove over to che...
Joshua Dorkin
Help Us Build a Birddog How-To FAQ
Earlier today I had a request that we build a FAQ for birddogs. I'd love to get out and do it, but I'm a bit overwhealmed right now. If anyone can help us put this together, that would be great! Just add on to this...
Teresia Sayler
tax treatment for lease option income
What is the tax treatment for the different income streams from Lease Options? Is the Option fee self employment income (business income) when rec'd by a "future potential buyer"? Can the monthly income be "rental i...
David Pupo
The Legality of Wholesaling
Thought I would touch on this topic because of a conversation I had to other day. So I am licensed and working for an investment brokerage here in Florida. I received a call yesterday from another real estate agent wh...
Joe Splitrock
House Hack Bubble and Return of the Sub Prime
Yesterday was an interesting day. I was at the gym and overheard a gym member talking to the trainer. He as trying to talk the trainer into buying a house. He was explaining his own house hacking experience and how he...
Evelyn Castillo
A newbie during COVID19
Hey BP! Im in the stage ofInvesting in my education. I always hear how if you wait for the perfect time to invest, you will never make it happen, which makes perfect sense. However, given that I am a newbie do you thi...
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Birddog legality question :: brokering?
I have found a significant amount of info that leads me to believe that birddogging is not really legal since it brings buyers and sellers together. Doing that is highly regulated, and would be the equivalent of contr...
Yoni Weisbrod
Serious risk in owning multiple properties?
I see that it is a common goal for Buy & Hold investors to own several rental properties. Wouldn't having multiple mortgages expose someone to an excessive amount of risk? Suppose there's a market crash, rental ra...
Jason G.
Risky and complicated first deal in Newark, NJ – should I do it?
Risky and complicated for a first deal – should I do it?Hi BP community. I am writing with my first post, and I am writing at a time when I sense all of the hard work put in is about to lead to my first deal, on this...