Hey Everyone.So I never really pondered this too much but I am now as I'm wrapping up renovation on a rental property this week. What is everyones general opinion on equipping or not equipping their rentals with a was...

Hello Everyone... I'm really new here... just found the site today, signed up and this is obviously my first post. From the review of the site and posts I've seen so far it looks amazing... I have a ton of reading and...

Hi everyone- I am a new investor and have an appointment to look at an upper/lower duplex.  The numbers appear to workout at there current rent, but both of the current tenants are currently month to month.  Is it too...

I remember reading this article when longtime pillar of the BP community, Brandon Hall wrote it a few years ago. I'll let the article speak for itself, but if I were to distill it down to a sentence: When it comes to ...

With 200k cash should I pay off my rental property or buy more properties? What are the pros/cons of one over the other? Tax savings? Long term? Thanks

I keep running into articles about people who live an extreme austere life styles and do not work full time. (I call dibs on idea for the reality show featuring that life style).  I do not want to eat ramen noodles 6 ...

Hello All,

I am looking to start investing relatively soon. I've done tons of research on investing via books, blogs and websites like biggerpockets. Now that that I know how I want to invest, the next question is wh...

Since I'm still new here I figured I should start contributing by sharing this to the group.  A bill pending with the California legislature just came across my desk, AB 1436.  A link and a summary appear below.  It's...

I really need help making the best tax situation here.I bought a note (owner in my name) from a bank at a discount.  For ease of analysis, lets say I paid $10,000 on a note with a balance due of $100,000.I then bought...

Hi,I have a SFH rented out to a nice tenant. He says he's pretty handy, and wants to do all the repairs himself, and he's also offered to do some upgrades to the house himself. Some of the upgrades are in the backyard...