I want to make sure I rack up 750 hours doing real estate this year to get my losses counted against my W2 earnings. I have 6 units and it is taking up lots of my time.
The question is what counts ? For example to se...

My tenants have been in place on my first rental now for about 6months no issues so far.  On the first of every month my rent check is put into my mail slot on my door, however today that did not happen.  It may be so...

We were all newbies at one point. I, even I, made some Grand Stupid Mistakes (early on ;-). I wouldn't be able to add up how much "Stupid Tax" I paid getting my real estate investing career underway. Granted, we all s...

I was just wondering today about the possibility of "business hacking" - whereby an entrepreneur that needs office/retail/commercial space to operate his/her business might buy a small office piece of commercial real ...

Hi, I'm a doctor, and I'm new to finance/house hacking. I am a single mom but have been working hard to become familiar with this new world, and my long-term goal is to buy more rental properties over the next 10 year...

Does anyone know anything about self insuring your properties and doing it in a way banks are comfortable with? I just pay way too much in insurance and if I could put that money into an account instead I would have...

Blame it on the holidays, consumerism season, or the purchase of my latest rehab project, but I've been thinking a lot about my relationship with spending money. I have this unhealthy relationship with healthy money m...

I've recently moved into a much more expensive market, and I am no longer able to compete by making all cash purchases. I am a small investor with limited business structure to date. All of my previous purchases ha...

I've got a decent amount saved up, and I'm accredited.  In the market I've been looking, the CoC on turnkey (through agent, not company) is only about 6-7%.  Cashflow with loan is maybe $150/door.  Is it worth doing o...

Hey BP,I'm in search of guidance/advice on how to best accomplish my REI goal. I'm looking to purchase/control around 10 properties in the next two years in a specific market. The market that I am looking at is a very...