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Deal breakers- market, finance, zoning, footings, road type, water/sewer availability, Storm sewers, Storm retention ponds. Everything else you can mess up and not get to...
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I’m curious to hear from private real estate investors who’ve faced unexpected insurance claims and were protected by an umbrella insurance policy.
We often see discussions whether investors should use an LLC or an u...
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Trying to assess whether we should buy a car or lease a car. Breakdown of our current situation:1. we have one car (only need one car)2. we drive less than 10,000 miles a year3. we use the car more than 50% for busin...
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Hello BP,
We bought and rented our first investment property last year. It is in our personal name (no LLC) and we did our taxes for the first time. We were keeping track of our business expenses, particularly our ...
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Good day BP Forum,I co-own a few rentals with my partner. We currently own auto insurance through other insurance parties that we own our properties through, we have found a provider that can consolidate everything an...
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So an idea crossed my mind and I've done a little thinking about it. Wanted to see what the community's opinion is on it and if they feel it could be a good idea.General Info on my situation:Primary vehicle: No paymen...
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Hey everyone,Stumbled across section 179 while looking for ways to increase my deductions. Anyone familiar with this? My wife and I bought a Ford Edge which is in our names, not the LLC. Will we be able to expense par...
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Newbie investor here. I have two properties that I am self-managing and planning on adding one triplex next year - this one requires a rehab. I have been reading that for the purposes of managing/fixing the pr...
Hello:Newbie investor here. I have two properties that I am self-managing and planning on adding one triplex next year - this one requires a rehab. I have been reading that for the purposes of managing/fixing the prop...
I have a 4bdrm SFR rental thats an hour from my residence so I gave my contact info to the local neighbors if anything arises. I just got a text from that neighbor noting that some additional people have moved in and ...