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Good day! So I recently signed up a few weeks back and have just been learning as much as I can (I read the Ultimate Beginners Guide and all of the free how-to guides and am thinking on getting one of the books soon)....
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If you had to buy your first investment property again, what would you do differently?Do you think the tips in the guide, Real Estate Investing For Beginners, are still applicable in 2024 and beyond?
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Hi Everyone! My name is Dan Soda. My wife and I are just getting started in REI and are very fortunate to have found Bigger Pockets. I'd just like to introduce myself.I am a former professional poker poker, self taugh...
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Bonus depreciation is just a special part of the US tax code.
It allows you to take accelerated depreciation on portions of your property depending on when an asset is put into service.
At the time of this writing, ...
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Hello BiggerPockets community!Does anyone have any tips in regards to negotiating favorable terms in a deal?
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Excited to begin my journey. Just bought, rehabbed and rented my first property. Found BP afterwards, reading and listening as much as possible.
When starting out would it be beneficial to become a real estate ag...
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I've got a tenant that moved out 3 days after their lease ended. There are some damages, amounting to around $600, plus a fee of $250 for not leaving the property till day 3. ($100/day, and $50 for a half day.) All...
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Hey guys,I'm still in the studying and research phase of learning real estate and right now and I'm kind of stuck on the business entities side of things. I have read several things that suggest treating your investme...
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It amazes me the lack of professionalism of some listing agents. Maybe they don't care because they field a lot of questions about investment properties, but it's bad. No return phone calls...and "if" they call y...
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Hi there,I'm new to this group and real estate investing in general. I live in Miami, South Florida, and am looking to get into the market. Not as a get rich quick, but rather as a slow and steady accumulation and gro...