Llewelyn A.
What happens to House Prices if Mortgage Interest deduction ends?
Unfortunately, it seems that this Government wants to take away any kind of Debt Financing of either Business or Home.It's pretty much in the Republican Tax Reform policy that they are pushing ahead. What's even more ...
Tyler Baldwin
IRS finalizes Cost Segregation Rules (and timeline)
The treasury dept and IRS just released the final set of regulations for the popular 100% bonus depreciation schedule. And great news for the Real Estate pros trying to avoid taxes... the “placed in service” date was ...
Bill B.
Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are SAVED
Well, Minneapolis and Saint Paul decided last night that 99% of Nobel winning economists just don’t know economics as well as they do and decided to adopt rent control and save the cities. A 3% maximum rent increase e...
Kai Van Leuven
Cashflow: BP most MISUNDERSTOOD term
I read too many posts from investors about "cashflow per door" or "that house does not have a positive cashflow", ect. I feel like the prevailing thought is that it is about "cashflow", singular, when real estate inve...
Rob Beardsley
Proponents for appreciation strategy?
I believe many in the BP community, myself included, firmly stand by "cash flow as the king" while appreciation is looked down upon. I would like to potentially hear the counter argument to broaden my understanding. W...
Shiloh Lundahl
Rich Dad Poor Dad’s investing principles - GOOD or BAD?
Many people on BiggerPockets (at least on the podcasts) have credited their start to investing in real estate to reading Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad Poor Dad; myself included. However, there are also some investor...
Austin Smith
Tenants don't pay - My landlord journey may come to an end?
Hey all! I'm not sure if I've come to a crossroads or a dead end in my real estate investing journey. My wife and I have been building our portfolio over the past few years via house hacking and we're at 17 units curr...
Josephine Wilson
Why are people buying at these prices?
Newbie question here: I'm looking to buy a Class A triplex or quad within 10 minutes of my house and doing property management and maintenance myself. I live close to a large university. Of the 20 recently-sold small ...
Terry Royce
1031 Exchange on a flip
I have 2 properties that are getting ready to
Settle in the next 30 days, I would like to do a 1031 Exchange either into another flip or into rentals. I have read conflicting info on this topic in regards to flips, ca...
Greg Wright
Using a self directed IRA for rehab.
Has any rehabber used a self directed IRA for rehabbing houses? How do you handle the profit. Does it have to go back into the IRA which would seem to defeat the purpose as you couldn't make any money to live off. If ...