Hello all,Right now, I currently have all real estate assets and no money in stocks. I met with a financial advisor yesterday, who is a trusted friend-of-a-friend, and suggests I put a chunk of money into tax savings ...

@J Scott had some questions concerning this on another thread. Did a search on the internet and found a memo from NAR concerning this issue. Seems like there were court decisions in numerous states. I was a licensed a...

“Conservative underwriting is dead.”
Rob Beardsley brings up a great point. It’s extremely difficult to be an active real estate investor in this market if you are using extremely conservative underwriting technique...

What do you think about the following AP story from The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA?

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Federal report says home-flipping drove the housing bubble

By Cristina Silva

The Associated Press

Publis...

Hi I'm pretty sure I'm an idiot, but I'm getting slapped hard for it (again!)... I always thought that depreciating your property (and getting a tax write off for it) was permanent... So, a few years ago when I had a ...

Hello BP members,I am currently 19 years of age, and I will be 20 in October. I have been fascinated with the creativity of RE development ever since I was about 17, and from that point until now, I have done a lot ex...

Warning, Wall of Text. Too Long Didn't Read: I own a half acre lot which is an island inside of a 23 acre parcel.  My neighbor is trying to rezone 3 acres for his HVAC business as storage which his employees would go ...

Hi All, I'm looking to buy my first property in Indianapolis, it's a duplex. Being in California I need to find a property management company. Please send me any recommendations you have. Thanks for your input, I real...

I inherited tenants at a duplex I bought in February.  Both units had low income racial minority families with school-aged children. (Race is relevant because I'm white, and there's a well-publicized issue in Portland...