Zachary Blomberg
Seeking Advice on Current Budget
Hello! I have been struggling to understand why I can't meet my budget goals each month with a more than reasonable budget of $5000. I live in Phoenix and am married with two little girls, ages 2 and 4 months. We do n...
Adam Mangrum
Seeking honest feedback on my plans to prepare to start investing
Hi everyone! I'm not sure which place would be best to post this so I'm posting this here and in the introduction section (this is my first post). I apologize for the length but I wanted to give a lot of background to...
Jonathan Vince
Heir is dragging feet on probate while property faces auction
I want to submit an official, legally legit offer to a person whose deceased parent left a property with heavy tax liens, and who never wrote a will. This person is the only child, and is apparently daunted by the pro...
William Fargason
First Rental Tenant Lease
Hello,Sorry in advance for the lengthy post. And, I acknowledge any advice given on this forum is not financial or legal advice. We are new to biggerpockets.com and have recently purchased a SFH rental a block away f...
Steven Scheer
Purchasing a SFR using credit cards
Hi everybody! I have been wondering if any of you have ever used a credit card to purchase a SFR free and clear. If so, how would you generally go about quickly paying off the balance of the credit card? HELOC, a Home...
Masashi Borges-Silva
Reducing W2 income tax by actively participating in real estate
Background
I am not a Professional Real Estate (yet) as I am working as a full-time engineer, and I don’t meet 750 hours of services during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in which I participated. ...
Joe Mazur
Should I loan someone $100k for 10% return?
I connected with someone that I don't know personally who was looking for an investment partner. He is a broker but can't get qualify to cover the purchase of a property he wants to fix and flip. First we thought we...
Andrew Teng
Why BRRRR is not working for me?
Hi guys,Please let me know on why I am unable to utilize BRRRR strategy in my situation. I bought "property A" back in 2013, lived there for 2 years, and last year I bought "property B" and currently living in B. I r...
Arta Montero
Stocks vs Real Estate
I see a lot of you in here have success stories but keep wondering if real estate is truly as luxurious as it seems. I have two rentals only but had major issues with either tenant or property Managment and the pain n...
Chad U.
Code Violation Liens in Florida
Hi BP,Here is my dilemma, I won an Auction.com property which states they will be providing a SWD and insurable title, yet the addendum supplied by the bank in the purchase agreement states: "BUYER UNDERSTANDS AND ACK...