Hey all! After listening to the last episode about bonus depreciation, it left me thinking about my home I recently converted form primary to rental. In the episode it was said that bonus depreciation had to be taken ...

I have a few properties and positive cash flow. I was trying to decide if I should try to 1) focus on paying off one mortgage or 2) spread a little to each loan. I have a long term perspective on them all. I have a ...

Having had so many investing students and BP members express their issues around funds, education or just plain fear, I thought it would be helpful for everyone to not only hear from investors having challenges or hes...

Hi Gang,I wanted to get everyone's take on this.  I'm not one to generally take to heart what other people say that are either a) not in my shoes or b) don't have words of wisdom from prior experience but I've been ru...

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Am new to the real estate investing world and am curious to get everyone's thoughts on whether they finance at 15 years vs. 30 years? Currently looking at both single family and multi-family o...

What percentage is the structure worth vs land for depreciation?In California in the property tax bill you can see sometimes the land is 90% and the structure is 10% but the reality to rebuild the structure can someti...

We are just about to complete our first spec home - a $650k single family ranch style home with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. I always wanted to build new and despite my almost ten years of remodeling experience there wer...

I am about to close on my first duplex and will be living on one side (top) while renting out the other (bottom).Is there any reason to put the duplex in an LLC?Just have the rent made out to me and have a new checkin...

In expensive markets like NJ, Seattle, expensive areas of CA, etc? I suspect the demand curve will shift unfavorably, at least for expensive properties. Cheap properties in the Seattle area around 350K and so may be c...