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Hello Everyone!I saw this article last night and I was wondering how many of you feel the same? They seem to be all over the place, which is probably a good thing! It looks like some of the older investment cities hav...
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So an experienced CPA recently told me that essentially all costs incurred prior to placing a tenant are considered to be acquisition costs and get written off only as depreciation. Is this true? I'm sure he knows wha...
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Hi BP community!I'm just starting out in REI. I'm looking for thoughts or feedback for me on what it means to be "socially responsible" when it comes to REI and property management. Anyone think I'm being naive? :)I p...
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I just got my sales license in NYC, my main purpose to have it is to use it as a support for my investing, and my architecture practice. My hope is to have MLS access in different states as NJ & OH what I'm still ...
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I am looking for some tips, advice, insight whatever, on a problem that my company is facing. We use the houseflippingspreadsheet to keep track of individual projects, which is great, but does not give any sort of com...
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I'll try to keep this brief. I have a rental property in Charlotte, NC and the gas fireplace hasn't worked for awhile. While my property manager was in the process of getting an estimate, the tenant (without approva...
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This is the most basic budget question. My wife and I use Mint.com to track our finances and we just finished sitting down and looking at our spending for the year. This gives a really good place to start for a budg...