Melinda Rupard
Tax depreciation for pool
Good afternoon,I've been told conflicting information on this question from other sources, so I wanted to ask for clarification here. One of my rental properties has an in-ground swimming pool. When I bought the prop...
Chris Seveney
Non Performing Loans - Simple Case Study
We are seeing more and more people looking to get into note investing. The easiest way to explain it for many is we are similar to home flippers - with the difference being in lieu of fixing up a property that is in d...
Yogesh M sayanakar
How to work with restrictive HOA's for medium term rental
Hi am looking to use my recently acquired SFH for medium term rental to nurses and other travelling potential and willing to invest in furnishing the home too. That being said my HOA requires 12 month leases, and I am...
James M.
New member from Vancouver WA, Hello!
Greetings allI stumbled unto this site, well not stumbled, linked to it from ChristianPF. Hopefully I can perform my due diligence here about real estate investing. I come from a mental health background and my know...
Will Schryver
Looking for a broker willing to partner with an investor/agent
Studying for the FL Real Estate exam now and I'm planning ahead in identifying the right broker to partner with. I plan to buy and hold rental properties for my own company (part-time venture) and would like to find a...
Account Closed
Can You Get it For Free?
Alan Donegan of PopUp Business school posed an interesting question in a podcast that lately has stuck with me and it has been to ask the question, "can you get it for free?" Be it a new appliance, video games or even...
Adrian Valdez
How to pitch the Idea of leaving college to a parent?
Hello I am pretty young and I am a college student, but I feel like I am wasting my time. When I am passionate about something i put all my effort into learning it and I tend to learn a pretty decent amount on my own....
Geoff Blinks
How do I find the number of housing units in an area?
Is there a way that I can find the number of units of housing in a geographic area, including apartment units? I'm trying to figure out raw number so that I can calculate the shortage of housing based on population an...
Sunny Jo Gardner
Hello from SoCal
Hello everyone! What a great find this site is!
I'm 6 years new to the west coast, originally an east coast girl (NY, FL, PA, MD). I was a Realtor in FL about 10 years ago but only got involved to start investing. S...
Linda M.
tax deduction for for items brought separately from renovation
I purchased a multi unit property ,the renovation was included in the mortgage my question is ,when it is asked on the tax for depreciation the purchase price do i use the sale price of the property or do i use the s...