Steven Libman
Listen with Purpose: How to Cultivate Effective Communication Skills
The importance of practicing tactical listening
Listening is a vital skill in communication, essential for building meaningful relationships and understanding others. However, not all listening is the same. There is ...
Brit Foshee
Am I a real estate professional for tax purposes ?
I am beginning to prepare for filing my taxes. I have not kept a good record of my hours. I have a full time job, but I feel like I've easily surpassed the 750 hour mark on my rentals and I probably have more like 10...
Aniket Patkar
Buying a rental investment property for short-term purposes
Hello there! New member here. I wanted to get experienced opinions on our situation. My wife and I currently own a house in Royal Oak, Michigan (Metro Detroit). we have decent equity in the house as we bought it in 20...
Kat N.
Deduct construction cost from personal income (for tax purpose)?
Hello Biggerpockets community, I am newbie in Real Estate. I just bought a house (in California) under my name using traditional bank loan (so no LLC or Corp). My thought process is that I will fix-up the house. If th...
Serge Serge
Newbie here, dual purpose real estate - investment/second home?
Hello dear forum users,I just came across biggerpockets and would like to see your opinion on the subject.I am California based (San Francisco Bay area) and can't buy here (more than I already have) since the prices a...
Eric Grunfeld
Is A Tenant Ledger Necessary For Due Diligence Purposes
Good Morning:
I am currently making an offer on an apartment building (this is my first rodeo) and one of the items (for due diligence purposes) that we seek from the seller (current landlord) is their tenant ledger....
Steven Scheibe
Tax treatment for demolition of building for investment purposes
Hi,I am looking for some tax guidance on my first ground up construction. In this scenario, say I acquired the property for $1M and the city tax assessor has it documented that my land is worth 900k and the building i...
Bryan Hancock
The Truth About What Motivates Us - Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose
Some folks were waxing philosophical-like about the nature of man in another thread on war and what it is good for. I am a big believer in the fact that people are rational self-maximizers in virtually all endeavors....
Jeff D.
Owning Residential RE in Your Name for Financing Purposes
Hi everyone and thanks for taking your time to help me with my question.I am familiar with commercial properties and the advantages of an LLC formation, however I have recently thought about entering another market an...
Jeff D.
Owning Residential RE in Your Name for Financing Purposes
Hi everyone and thanks for taking your time to help me with my question.I am familiar with commercial properties and the advantages of an LLC formation, however I have recently thought about entering another market an...