I have have had 2 long term rental properties for about 10 years.  Now I am considering a short term rental in an area like Florida or Gulf Shores, AL.   I would like to be able to use it when it is not rented.  I was...

I had a tenant for two months. They got evicted for not paying rent and eventually left, but on their own terms. It's a 20-year old rich kid that has zero accountability. His dad is very wealthy and is a bullyHis son ...

Greetings to all. What an interesting forum! My name is Geoff Flahardy. I have worked with 1031 exchange investments for over 13 years specializing in fractional ownerships (DSTs, TICs). I am not an investment advisor...

I know there are a multitude of answers to this question and each will have positives and negatives but I was just wondering....What would the best real estate investment be with $200k?  I'm in Los Angeles and I am pr...

I reached out to my accountant about doing a cost segregation study in order to utilized the accelerated depreciation, and he said that it’s usually very cost prohibitive and is hard to justify unless you have a very ...

Hello there BP,  I'm looking into wholesaling in my local area if not out of state (we'll see in the near future). My plan is to get into a fourplex property using an FHA loan while making 1-2 wholesale deals a month ...

Hi fellow expert!I'm putting together my 1st syndication deal and getting very confused as of how do you hold the property.I'm raising the 25% down payment from 4 people to purchase a package of 5 single family house....

It seems to me that despite the near-constant protests to the contrary from certain people in the dark recesses of the internet, the tendency of large countries with powerful militaries is that they do not collapse. 
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according to a book that I just read.A number of years ago I went to a big real estate investors convention with 1,500 attendees; there they did a survey and about 1/3 didn't own any real estate, about 1/3 only owned ...

Hey everyone!I’ve been a lurker on BP for several months and decided it’s time to get serious. I’m a 39 year old software engineer from Northern Virginia. I’m new to investing, although my wife and I had a rental cond...