Will Samsky
Analyze a buy and hold deal
I have been practicing analyzing some buy and hold deals in my area and came across this one that seems like a pretty good deal on a duplex. I just wanted to get some opinions on my numbers and anything I'm missing...
Michael Plaks
Tax reform Q&A Thread 3 - Itemized and business deductions
Colleagues and friends,The original GOP reform thread started by @Brandon Hall is well over 200 posts by now. This is one of the follow-up threads specifically for discussion of personal itemized (Schedule A) deductio...
Katy L.
SF South Bay Area Advice on renting out house
There was a great article on BP: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...However, hoping to find some local advice in the bay area (We're in South bay Cupertino/Sunnyvale area). We are exploring leasing it out ourselves and...
Michele B.
Landlord Illegally Keeps Security Deposit - Do I Settle?
Hello people of BiggerPockets!
I am a new homeowner. The rental apartment I just moved out of is in Los Angeles county, where California law requires that a landlord returns a security deposit (or provides an itemize...
Ugo O.
How to estimate a rehab
Hello Everyone,When looking at pictures of a home, how do you go about estimating what the cost of the rehab would amount to? Do you ask for more in-depth pictures of the property and then go to the contractor and ask...
Steve Weihe
Tax deductions-6 month rental before selling last year
Morning all,We sold our house late last year in San Diego and ended up renting it out for the previous 6 months as initially our buyers didn't qualify. We spent almost $12k to get it rental ready (repairs, replacing ...
Patryk Prokopiuk
Seller refusing to negotiate reasonable terms
I am buying a duplex, the seller (or should i say their agent that they communicate through) has been very aggressive, requesting “best and highest” offers from everyone at first. I won’t go into details but we are in...
Kelly L.
cleaning crew broke my tenant's personal property
Hi everyone,
I am getting ready to sell my rental property. Yesterday was listing day. So I got 2 contractors and the cleaning crew to fix up the place. My tenant told me this morning that two items were brok...
Stephanie DeLeo
General Contractors and Junk Clean out
After months of analysis paralysis, I have found an off market deal that I want to pursue. It will be our first BRRRR. Currently the house is full of personal items from someone who recently passed away. Thinking of...
Alfredo Martinez
Offer on Bank owned MF unit
Hello BP team,
I am getting ready to make an offer on a bank owned MF unit. List price is 73,000. This would be a complete gut on both apartments to include new plumbing and electrical. The property has been vacant...