John H.
Hotel rooms for the homeless question in MA
In my area we have lots of homeless families living in hotels. The state of MA pays about $82/night per family to live in the hotels. Does anyone know if we can set up a house as a short term rental and have the ...
John Morgan
Anyone ever get audited by the IRS?
Just curious if anyone has ever got red flagged or a random audit from the IRS for their rental investments. I haven’t yet, but wondered what that experience was like. I keep good records, but hope I never have to go ...
Account Closed
The Government Shutdown & Real Estate Investing
The federal government shutdown began October 1, 2013. The shutdown has already affected borrowers, the housing market and the national economy. According to Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics chief economist, the sh...
Arturo Borges
Public Sector Housing Development?
How do you become, as a starting-out developer, a public sector housing developer? Working with the government to build low-income homes for people? and what are the pros and cons of that?
Dawon Irvin
Exploring the ABCs of Real Estate A Dictionary of Real Estate Terms
This post serves as a detailed reference point—a compendium of real estate knowledge that delves into the fundamental aspects of this dynamic field.
1031 Exchange: A tax-deferred exchange allowing the sale of one pro...
James Roux
Tapping Ira for down on first rental?
Hello everyone,I've haven't been super active on these forums as far as posting. But I'm curious how bad of an idea tapping into my Ira would be for getting started with my first property? I've spent the last two year...
Randy Dubiskas
New Mexico Politicians may tax STR properties as commercial
I was on a zoom call with Carl Vidal, an Albuquerque realtor and STR management firm owner about this idea that has been floated. The idea is that counties will identify a residential property as a short term rental ...
Bob Lee
in CA, will HOA lien priority higher than Tax lien?
Hi, I am trying to attend CA county tax deed sale. Some property I see huge HOA liens before the Tax lien record. I am wondering if the Tax deed sale will wipe out these HOA liens after the sale? From California Reven...
Brett Radi
Subsidies for upfitting/reuse
I am looking at a commercial/industrial building that would be a good reuse project for retail/apartment multiuse in an area that the local government would like to be cleaned up a bit. This would be an extensive and...
John Zoulis
MULTIFAMILY COST FEEDBACK NEEDED
Hello BP Team. I am looking at a project that is a historic building that sits in an Acre and is 8700sf . very walkable to lots of amenities,restaurants,grocery, schools, government offices e t c.in the past i have ...