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Hi everyone! I'm new to REI, and to BP, and although I've read a lot of books on REI (including Brandon Turner's: The Book on Rental Property Investing) I'm wondering how you successful investors our there are able to...
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What are you favorite countertops to use for B- rentals? Replacing 30 year old countertops and plan on raising rents. Break even time frame is 18 months.
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So my two dentist husband and wife team that I helped greatly by not raising their rent by hundreds of dollars a month, helped them buy a dental practice (advised them on terms of real estate) gave me 1 month notice t...
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First off, great forum, I really appreciate all the help we have received here.
Second, I am not emotional about this, its a business decision for me, I am in this to make money.
We have tenants that are renting our...
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Hello All! I'm Andrew, a 28 year old from Baltimore Maryland, just starting out on my real estate journey. I am starting to work with my dad who has a dozen or so rental properties and 2 massive commercial properties ...
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Going to take advantage of low interest rates and refi my primary house out of construction loan. Locked down 2.75%. Have the opportunity to pull out an additional $150 in equity and wondering the best use. Considered...
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Houston investors... I currently own 4 SFRs in the Houston area. I was very lucky and walked away with minimal damage following Harvey. But I'm wondering whether this should be a wake-up call to get flood insurance ...
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I do.I can't help it. It's part keeping an eye on things, but it's also part pride. I feel so fortunate to be able to say, "I own that."I realize many here don't live as close to your buildings as I do, mine are all ...
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Ok, so I got my tax prep bill and I think its way high. For discolsure, my accountant had to file 5 forms:1040 US tax ind return1040-ES Estimated TaxKentucky Ind taxKentucky Est taxKentucky Single member LLC tax retur...
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Really quickly about myself: 36/married/california and started in REI (out of state buy & hold) about 2.5 yrs ago. I started looking for a CFP just to get a third party to look into our finances and advise us on w...