The real estate professional rule states:"A taxpayer will be considered a real estate professional if (1) more than one-half of the total personal services the taxpayer performs in trades or businesses are performed i...

My husband and I are interested in purchasing a multi-family home to live in.  The idea would be to purchase a 3-4 unit home, live in one of the units for free, and rent out the other units to cover the mortgage and a...

Hey BP!I was just curious as to how many of you got started in regards out of state investing? How did you go about the process outside of an agent in that area? Did you make the offers through them or try to contact ...

read an interesting article in business journal while I was at title company waiting to sell a prop.rush for permits in PDX last half of 2016 to beat the Inclusionary zoning rules.. IE 20 % or so of any new apartments...

Hi,I am a relatively new investor from Portland OR (I have one condo bought in 2012 which is doing ok now) looking to pick up a property using conventional lending (20-25% down, 30-year fixed rate mortgage) to buy and...

I am in the process of applying for an ADU in san mateo, ca. I saw a lot of people interested in this topic, especially in bay area, CA. I am going to document my experience with this ADU here, so other people might f...

I recently read on BP that 7 markets including Portland and Denver were at risk for a Housing bubble. I am from Portland and our end game is to get back there in a year. The fact is I could not agree more with a housi...

Long time lurker, first time poster.Park is 20 Units, all but 2 are park owned.Paid 215,000The PLAN was rehab units, fill occupancy and sell the park when it was stable for around the 4-500 mark.Fully rented the park ...