Hii just changed the roof on one of my rental properties. it cost 18K and insurance paid for it and i only paid 1.5K for deductible. do i just depreciate the 1.5K on my tax return or 18K?

Right now I have 5 different checking accounts for 5 different rental properties to keep everything separate. Is this common practice? Seems like when I am at 20 houses, having 20 checking accounts/20 debit cards/ ...

Hey Bigger Pockets Community,I'm hoping this reaches the person/people who need to hear it...I started my investment journey 1 year ago (14 months to be exact). Reading all the books and watching the Bigger Pockets vi...

Lay it on me friends,  I want to hear what you hate about land lording.  What should I expect that is a real PITA?   I read in someone's post the other day that they hate land lording.  It is my goal to try land lordi...

Hi BP!!This is my very first post and I'm super excited to be getting in on the discussions. I am obviously a newbie, hoping to house hack my first property by January, 2018. I live and work in the LA area currently s...

Are there any apartment investors willing to talk about how they started in the apartment world, your first deal, any unexpected problems that may have arised and how you solved them, where you find your deals and esp...

'I'm interested in learning how to buy/sell mortgage notes. Can you recommend a training program/network that helps people get started. I can only invest a couple hundred right now.'.

Wife and I moved into a house in dire need of repairs....wife wanted the house b/c she wanted a fixer-upper. What needed to be repaired was the kitchen needed to be completely redone (water damage ruined everything, l...

There are only a few threads on Tiny houses here on BP like this one. There seems to be huge interest in small dwellings, minimalist living, and just creating small "retreats" in one's own backyard. Houzz.com and Pint...

Hello,

I've been lurking/learning here for a little while.
LOVE this site and it's lovely helpful contributors!

I'm considering getting a Texas Real Estate License before I start REI.
I've been studying/investiga...