John Sanderson
Customer Service as a Standard
All too often I get the feeling that most here on Bigger Pockets operate under the terms "It's my way, or the highway". What most, in my opinion, fail to realize is that as a property owner, you are providing a servic...
Account Closed
No Fico score renter =585 Fico more or less?
How do you equate a potential renter with no fico with a low fico potential renter? For me anyone with a fico below 560 is probably a life long deadbeat, and anyone with no credit file, probably is also a dead beat, b...
Ben Skove
S-Corporation Compensation vs. Flow-Through Income
After meeting with my CPA today, and going through a number of back posts from the BP forums, I'm interested in hearing more about how the IRS oversees the balance between S-Corporation compensation versus flow-throug...
Davido Davido
Neighborhood Cooperates to Rent Abandoned Home. Who Pays Taxes?
In this situation, $60,250 has been collected in rents over a 12-year period ($38,000 net), yet I cannot tell who, if anyone has a reporting or tax liability for the rents collected, or when their liability, if any, w...
Jose T.
Bidding on Second Mortgage at Auction in 2 days, big questions
I'm interested in bidding for a home at auction. There are two mortgages on the same property going to auction within 3 weeks of each other. The first mortgage that is going to auction is a secondary mortgage. If I ...
Eyal B.
Multi-Family reposition in Los Angeles - Lots of Photos
I recently finished work on my 4-unit building remodel in Silver Lake, an area that has become fairly desirable in Los Angeles.I seek out under-performing buildings with deferred maintenance and under market tenants. ...
Hunter Crespin
Advice on education and goals for an aspiring 17 year old.
Hello BP community! I'm an aspiring 17 year old real estate investor, I believe I have found this to be my passion. I have obsessed over learning all I can about REI! I have listened to nearly 50 hours worth of BP pod...
Todd C.
Analyze my first potential deal!
Hey all! I've been posting recently about a property that my mother/uncle recently inherited. Its a SFH in NJ (down the shore) in an > 55 community. The house was paid for in cash, so no outstanding mortgage, prope...
Ray Tapay
Investing in Oklahoma City
Hello seasoned OKC investors. I've been researching investing out of state in OKC and after reading tons of forum posts on the city I came up with some questions just to give me a better picture. Would also love to li...
Jordan Woolf
House with asbestos siding
A seller is offering to give me a house if I buy two of his other properties. The house he is offering to give me has asbestos siding. It is a large sturdy house and is about 1800 sq. Has anyone had any experience wit...