George Eliot
Significance of "principal residence" question on QuitClaim deed?
Hi everyone,
I'm a soon-to-be first time homeowner once my father gives me a house he owns via a quitclaim deed. I am just wondering if there are any legal/financial (as far as taxes go) implications in answering "...
Evan Swanson
Barriers to Entry Increasing for Rookie Real Estate Investors?
Over the the episodes from the past two weeks, David from the BiggerPockets podcast has brought up that real estate will be harder and harder to from the "small guy" to get into each year due to factors like: inflatio...
Bruce Runn
Comments about Minneapolis and St Paul rent control initiatives
Wondering what thoughts people have on the very different rent stabilization initiatives on the ballot in Minneapolis and St. Paul?
Adam Rothweiler
Practicing Analysis on 4-Family Foreclosure, Beast or Bust?
Hi BP community,I'm struggling to understand why this deal screams so loudly at me. Hesitancy has gotten the better of me and I'm surely missing something in my analysis here (<-- hyperlink to report). It's a for...
Zachary Corum
Uber Driver Applicants
Does the rise of self employed workers driven by (no pun intended) companies like Uber, Lyft and other app driven service jobs pose more risk than a standard 1099 applicant? Sure some can make 55k a year but some mont...
Chad Clanton
Theft/loss responsibility during renovation, owner of or contractor?
Good afternoon BP, I've got a question for you all and would appreciate input from both the investor and contractor perspectives, particularly those in and around San Antonio. If something were to be stolen during the...
Bill Gulley
When are you Speculating vs. Investing?
This might be an interesting topic born from another thread.
When is buying or operating in real estate a speculative venture and when are you investing? How do you define speculating and investing, what's the differ...
Sam M.
Need ammo for seller finance deal
I found a property owned free and clear by someone that now lives in an assisted living home.
I would like to talk to her about seller financing and need to know the pros of a deal like this for the seller.
I am wo...
Andrey Y.
Paid CPA full fee - Now not responding to emails or text
Before I write a more detailed post on this individual, I wanted to get some info from the experienced guys here.Up until now, I have been doing my own taxes. I figured, why not hire a CPA and outsource some of that t...
Zack Scharlepp
Not qualified for conventional financing.
I have been interested in real estate investment for 9 plus years, but have never been in a position financially to make it work. This year I decided I was going to make the jump into real estate investing and met wit...