Chris Sullens
Are all costs prior to placing a tenant considered purchase cost?
So an experienced CPA recently told me that essentially all costs incurred prior to placing a tenant are considered to be acquisition costs and get written off only as depreciation. Is this true? I'm sure he knows wha...
Jonathan Taylor
California Prop 10, your thoughts?
HI Guys,Ive been submitting offers around Los Angeles and educating myself on the rent control laws here (they are a pain but required). At my most recent meeting with the LA housing authority I learned about Prop 10 ...
George Gammon
Inflation vs. Deflation...Arguments For/Against and Hedging.
In a different post I out lined an argument and counter argument for each scenario... Deflation, Stagflation, Inflation and Hyperinflation. It was aimed at a BP member wanting to hedge their portfolio. Hopefully it ...
Susan O.
Los Angeles Tenants "Union" - Universal Rent Control
I was recently in Los Angeles and I saw all sort of posters in Korea town - which has a lot of hard working people who have brought it up from the 90s -- LA riots, slums, etc. There are posters that say "Housing is a ...
David West
To (Air B N) B or not to (Air B N) B? That is the question.
Does anyone have experience with short term rentals on sites like Air B N B? I want to know the good, the bad, and the ugly! I'm in the San Diego market so there is a high demand for short term rentals and it seems li...
Steven Caldwell
Real Estate Downtrend
With the state of the economy right now does anyone worry about the property they own decreasing in value by a huge amount(2008 crash). Being new to this and whatnot im curious to see peoples opinions
Alessandra Verbena
What factors contribute to real estate dips or crashes?
It seems like the conversation always starts with... Will the real estate market crash in 2020? Or, will it crash in the Bay Area? Or will housing prices dip in California? I would like to pose the question from a dif...
Bob Renthammer
Suppose we have stagflation....
Apologies if there's already a thread on this....Suppose growth slows and inflation pipes up in the coming years, giving us stagflation again. What will the effects be on real estate investors? How well did the older ...
Robert Adams
CALL TO ACTION Real Estate Agents STOP SB 321
***RED ALERT FOR NEVADA HOME BUYERS AND REALTORs***:
Thousands of short sales in escrow will be cancelled. Having trouble buying a home? Constantly getting beaten by cash buyers and hedge funds that are buying the ho...
William Allen
What Will Happen to the Real Estate Market in 2021?
We recently saw a strange pattern in the market. Houses are selling for significantly more than the asking price. We started asking…
What exactly is happening with the market and how will the pandemic trickle down to...