How Important is Depreciation in Buying an Investment Property?

Hey BP,

I have a property under contract for ~80K.

I have a family relative who is interested in a trust deed investment (1st position). However, I'm not sure how the taxes and interest payments would be calculat...

Gateway cities like San Francisco and New York have long been favored by real estate investors, because they are fairly recession proof and tend to be insulated from job loss and declining property value during econom...

It seems like there hasn't been much discussion about new residential construction projects and the opportunities they offer. Given the potential for high returns, customizable involvement levels, and significant tax ...

Hi Everyone,I am hoping that there is someone with experience who can help me out. I currently have one rental property (in the middle of buying my second right now), and have some questions about bookkeeping. My ques...

I currently have two applications:
1. A single man who just divorced and got debts from the divorce. He said his credit was serverly damaged by divorce, so he would like to prepaid 10K around 7 month rents but he don'...

 Would prefer to write a post on how we cleared 8 to 12 inches of snow at 4 locations in 4 hours, but that's not going to happen. Have about 3 inches on the ground in the last 3 hours. The rest is supposed to fall thr...

I was wondering if anybody that buy and holds a house if they ever use the positive cash flow to pay off a house faster?? Is this a good startegy?

Lets say you pay it off faster then you get all the rent the tenants...

I am researching a note I came across. AT first it seems like a pretty standard note. It is a Mobile home with the lot for sale for 45000. The Owner received $20,000 down and carried a note for $25000. The interest...