Garry F.
How to deal with Over Priced Listings?
I am MAD! I just found out that a listing I made an offer on sold 225 days later for 7K (2%) more than my offer. They didn't accept my offer because they were overpriced so my offer seemed like it was a "Low Ball" off...
Jason Smith
Real estate taxes at closing
I was about to put in an offer on an REO and my agent told me the property taxes would be over 4000 due for escrow before closing, the offer would have been 40000 on a large home. What determines the property ta...
Joaquin K.
Cost Segregation Calculator?
I am familiar with the basics of cost segregation. I know that recently the market for reports has become much more competitive, and prices for these engineering reports have fallen. I'm in Southern California.As an...
David Ivy
Austin Market Report - February 2024
According to the February 2024 market report from the Austin Board of REALTORS®, the median home price in the City of Austin fell modestly by 2.8% to $543,200 over the past 12 months. However, the greater metro area f...
Steve Holly
1st BRRRR/the floors aren't level and need structural resupport.
We are looking to do our first BRRRR. My local market has gone up considerably in the past 3-5 years. Back then you could get a livable, rent-ready 3/2 home for around 100k... today, the gnarly ones are around 120k....
Blair Bennett
To sell or rent?
We have a home in NE Mesa. We are in the 2/5 years so we could sell and profit 200K+ tax free or we could rent with cash flow (not including mx) 1K/Month. Our original plan was to build wealthy by holding this propert...
Casey Kernan
Puget Sound - First Purchase (short term rental vs SFR vs duplex)
I would like to make that first move and purchase a property. I'm working towards preapproval and have been following the market here in the Puget Sound for a few years now and prices have certainly climbed. I am ho...
Stefan Knipp
Inspection Report
I am on contract with my first property and just got the inspection report back. This will be my first investment property and I am not sure how to handle all of the suggestions from the inspector.
How do you typical...
David Ivy
Austin Market Report - January 2024
The January 2024 market report from the Austin Board of REALTORS® shows that the median home price in the City of Austin fell by 2.8% over the past 12 months to $534,500. However, that is around 4.5% up from just last...
Jon S.
Liability Exposure vs Tax Exposure, they seem to be at odds.
Based on responses on BiggerPockets, I've realized that addressing these two concerns is not necessarily complimentary, one can cause problems with the other. In Brandon Hall's article on tax planning "Higher Earner V...