Anyone have tips on how to find off market deals in Orange County? I want to house hack using a FHA + build ADU strategy as my first home/investment property. I can’t find any properties that will get me to cash flo...

We do honor and follow and respect Fair Housing laws as we understand them.  Generally, interacting with these warriors are just lawsuits waiting to happen.   It is their way of being to be on the hunt 24/7 for situat...

STR's are one of the more popular forum topics and 'complicated' investment categories (especially for newbies) so I wanted to share some recent investor and operator experiences on the Oregon Coast and why a coastal ...

Hi Everyone,On my last three tax returns my CPA surprised me by prorating several of my HUGE expenses, citing that they were improvements so the full amount can't be claimed on one year's return. (he diviede them over...

Hi, my name is Kendrick I'm 23yr old currently with an associates degree in criminal justice, I received in May 2015 my wife started going to college and was pregnant with my son who just turned one years old February...

Hi.  I searched the Stessa forums and couldn't find an appropriate answer so thought I'd try here.  I use Stessa for my STR accounting and am pretty happy with it overall for what it is and the value I get.  One thing...

Hi BP community,I have a quick question regarding a Coinmach contract for a multifamily property that I am currently inspecting. There is currently a coinmach contract that expired in 2012. As most of you know this le...

Greetings all!  Quick question.  Wondering what credit card you like to use to manage your VR/STR to reap the points from general Op Ex?  Lots of ways to slice this, but things like airline points to pay for scouting ...

Hi Everyone, we have paid advance for a 1 bed and den with 1 and half bath condo which is $590k. Half bath is in the living room. Our plan is to live there for an year or two and rent it out. If we pay $80k more we ca...

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New to BP, and relatively new to real estate (first deal was a few years ago). I've lived in and flipped one foreclosure for the mandatory 2 year period and came out great. While I was living there on the c...