Alba Alamillo
Nervous about buying a house with tenants
Hi everybody, I have been looking to buy a fixer-upper to remodel and flip.My realtor has a listing from a lady whose husband died in February, she wants to get rid of their 3 properties and told the firm to please ha...
Seolhyun Lee
No CPA has a good answer for my situation. How can I reduce my income tax with real estate investment?
I am in a situation that traditional tax benefit of real estate investment is not applicable.
My wife and I want to buy a primary residence and rental properties within next 3 months and hoping to make this investme...
Eric Long
Why are we Sleeping on Puerto Rico?
I have searched BP forums in a few ways to see what the chatter is about Puerto Rico and the posts that pop up are old. Very surprising. I understand that PR is kind of USA territory but kind of not - which will under...
Jordan Burnett
Multifamily Syndication After-Tax Returns for a LP
Does anyone have an actual (net after-tax) return breakdown from a multifamily syndication that they have participated in as a Limited Partner?
I'm particularly interested in Limited Partners who would not benefit fr...
Price Peeler
New Investor: Family Home Acquisition and Rental Strategy
_Hello everyone. I am new to biggerpockets.com and looking to learn and make some investment decisions. There are a few strategies I have been researching, I would like to share my thoughts and receive feedback. I hav...
John Dombrowski
OK I really want to get moving
Hi All,So I have been around BP for a year now soaking up all I can. I am 56 I finally lost my IT job of 19 years so I really want to try and get started with this RE gig. I have about $200K in my 401K that I need som...
Paul Evans
Alabama Pros vs Cons
So, was looking into investing in the state of Al. If anyone would like to chime in with a personal experience on what it means to be an investor in Al. Examples like tax rates, renter problems (renter friendly vs l...
Sherry McQuage
What 1-3 pieces of advice do you wish you'd known 20 years ago?
I wish I had become more involved in real estate 20 years ago...
Moncy Samuel
Late rent request from tenant
One of my tenants wife called me and said they have some difficulties arranging full rent. Rent is $1500 however they could arrange only $700 due to some problems with bank freeze. (Two months back the check bounced a...
Kimberly T.
How to negotiate fee with contractor after emergency work is done?
We recently had a major sewer line leak that caused some interior water damage to 2 units in a rental we own in AZ. We had a plumber come out first, not knowing what was causing the water leak, and he discovered...