David Krulac
House flipping is declining...
According to a recent report from Bloomberg News written by Prashant Gopal. According to the report 31,000 houses were flipped in the 2nd qtr which represents 4.6% of all home sales. Realty Trac said that's down fr...
Eric Pope
Buy, Rehab, Rent Houses, Refinance, Repeat by Brandon Phillips
Fellow BP Investors,Like many of you, I enjoy learning more about our business and one of the ways I do this is by reading the latest real estate books. With that said, I want to offer a warning on a book that was re...
John Powers
SEO is a gift that keeps on giving
Search engine optimization is the most important, and most underutilized strategy for driving leads and sales online. After years in the industry, its apparent to me that SEO is often overlooked by real estate and pro...
James G.
Copy for Duplex/Triplex/Quadplex Mailers and Postcards
I’m working on what to say (copy) for my first postcard mailing. The mailing will go to owners of duplex/tiplex/quadplex properties situated within a defined area. My primary goal is to source properties to persona...
Brandon Morgan
buying rental properties in Pennsylvania
Hi all I am looking to buy My first property for rent. I am new to real estate. I Live in jersey and the Prices seem to not be going down here and there is little to no inventory So I started to look at Pennsylvania. ...
Heather Johnston
LLC versus S Corp?
Hey everyone,I'm a newbie living in upstate New York; I visited an accountant today to talk tax strategy. When I mentioned forming an LLC for asset segregation and protection, he said that an S Corp would be the way ...
Andrew Baker
Critique my first investment plan
hello, I've posted once before regarding multi-family investing and I've come to realize that I lack the funds to get started with that.. so my plan now is to purchase a single family home roughly 15 -20% below market...
Brian McCombs
Forclosures before auction?
Hello BP community! I am wanting to know if there are any investors out there that have purchased forclosures that have been listed as going to auction prior to the actual auction? Is it possible to negoiate and win d...
Keith Meyer
Use Cost Segregation/Bonus Depreciation Instead of 1031 for MHP
Has anyone recently taken advantage of 100% bonus depreciation through a cost seg study to avoid having to do a 1031 on a large commercial property ($1MM+)? If so can you please message me or post about your experienc...
Phil Morgan
Local investors using self directed IRA?
Hello, looking to talk to any local investors using funds from a self directed IRA. This is a strategy that interests me but I want to sit down with someone who has done it successfully instead of just hearing a sale...