Steve W.
Investing in Areas With A History of Natural Distasters
To buy and hold investors in natural disaster zones - such as hurricanes impacting Houston TX or panhandle of Florida (Pensacola was hit this year by Hurricane Sandy), how do you account for this risk in your investin...
Genny Li
Does no one replace their water heater anode rods?
People seem to expect their water heaters to last 10-15 years. Are you guys just letting it corrode as soon as the first anode rod is eaten up? How do you go through water heaters so fast?
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Getting around the AGI limit for passive-loss deductions
My wife and I are looking into shopping for a rental property. However, our AGI is above $150,000 a year, and neither one of us is a real estate professional.
Because of that, it looks like I would not be able to ded...
Paul Sandhu
Are Chinese professionals in the U.S. paranoid?
For the last 2 years a local factory has been renting my furnished houses for their visiting Chinese engineers. They normally stay anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 months. There is a cable tv in the living room, and cable t...
Carla Jones
All I would like for Xmas
All I want for Christmas is my "First Deal"...can anyone help make that a reality???
Alfonso Velazquez
for sale by owner ... first call.
Hey guys. I made my first call to a fsbo. Nerve racking but made it through. I know i need to slow down my speech patterns and I'm sure a bunch of other things. Ha. here's my question. Talked to the owners daughter...
Chris Johnson
Handling sellers not willing to share details
Hi folks. Everything I've read and listened to says you need to build rapport, connect to a seller, and get them to trust you. They won't sell to you if they don't like you or trust you. So we're supposed to find out ...
Shane Bishop
Utilities: Who pays?
Hello everyone, My wife and I are looking to purchase our first rental property in the upstate of South Carolina and are hoping to utilize this opportunity to do a house hack! However, since this is our first time do...
Isaac Johnson
The MLS seems to be flooding with STR
Hey Everyone,My name is Isaac Johnson. I'm a local real estate investor and agent. Recently I was helping a client find property in NWA and every single house we looked at was an AirBNB that had been bought less than ...
Zach P.
Question on writing off Rental Income to Zero
With last years taxes, I was able to write off my rental income down to zero through depreciation, repairs, hoa's, taxes, insurance, etc on my rental properties.Since I do not meet the qualifications to go to $-25,000...