Hello BPers, Having lot of fun last few weeks looking at different markets and closing couple of properties in Feb. Will share more once closed.I wanted to get people's thoughts on some ideas I heard from some reputab...

Hi everyone,
        I got a friend trying to do a 1031 exchange. Given it's a sellers market and interest rates are low, does it make sense to sell a remote investment property, 1031 exchange it to another market pr...

I am considering an investment property in the Philly area but it is being listed as squatter occupied. I don't have the full details of the situation e.g. how long they've been there, what action has been taken so fa...

Hey everyone,I'm a Boston based real estate investor (although my portfolio and property management company is located in NH) who is looking to start buying multifamily property in Florida, specifically the Lakeland a...

So I'm in the process of buying a foreclosure property in Texas which the plan is to tear down the distressed house on the lot and build something new. So I requested to get a survey done before we close on the proper...

Hi All,I am a owner/seller looking for an interpretation of the term "Builder" under Dodd-Frank in the one transaction per 12 months exclusion for seller financing without a Mortgage Loan Originator.  In 2009 I purcha...

I have been reading about depreciation recapture and understand it pretty well.  However, there is one question I cant seem to find an answer to.  Upon sale of a rental property I find that I have a capital loss.  How...

I’ve been looking into how to structure subject to deals so that I can use this strategy to get rental properties in my portfolio that can be leased out or a rent to own (whIchever Works better.) Can anyone here on BP...

Hello BP!I always read in the forums or in other members post that they performed some type of analysis (micro,macro) of their given areas in order to assess their earning potential within that given area.My question ...

The Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Office of Single Family Housing announced that the temporary waiver of FHA’s regulation that prohibits the use of FHA financing to purchase single family properties that are ...