What ratio are you Baltimore investors using to prescreen deals in Baltimore city?  In other Maryland counties I typically use the 1% rule and it turns out fine.  But with the insane real estate tax rate in Baltimore ...

Hey allHere's my and my brother's problem.  We "share" 11 rentals.  5 in my name and 6 in his.  We know it's 50-50, but the IRS doesn't agree.  We have been looking at strategies to get this taken care of without taki...

My mother-in-law owns a rental property in Portland, OR 97236. There is a vacent property directly behind her's. I looked up the county tax records to find that they have not been paid in 3 years, making the total amo...

My fund recently purchased a house from Dekalb foreclosure auction. After we purchased the property, we received a fax from Dekalb county regarding on a $30k+ unpaid water bill that we are responsible for. We ran the ...

Hello.I am filing Form 3115 to start depreciating (and to catch up on missed depreciation) a rental property that I have had in service since 2010. I assumed 2015 will be the year of change, since I am figuring this a...

There is a house that was sold at a tax sale and I gave the couple a small loan so they could pay the taxes on the house and redeem it back, she claims that she did this but the man who bought it at a tax sale filed a...

Hi All, I was doing some networking over the weekend with a person who made big in the Commercial real estate (retail) and he suggested me that, first advise I can give you is, don't deal with people/ rentals. Because...

Hey everyone, Forgive me if this question doesn't make sense. I'm still very new to everything real estate. I am currently finishing up my real estate license procedure so I will be a licensed agent within the next tw...

Hello everyone!  I posted a few months ago that it's time to get started.  So here I am with my first deal under contract.  My realtor brought it to my attention when the seller approached him.  We walked the property...

I am working with a great architect on my first new development project (who I found on Bigger Pockets). We met with the city twice for 'preliminary plan check' and are now going through the formal plan check process....