Fellow Investors: After six (6) years of renting out properties, I still haven't yet figured out the best way to mitigate those tenants who fail to keep an eye out for the occasional leaky toilet flapper for which som...

First off, I spoke with my CPA regarding an LLC and I'm wondering if she is correct regarding the taxes on an LLC.  She stated that if I were to buy and sell a property under an LLC that the entire gross amount would ...

I'm torn between buying a few medium-sized multi family every year or just put my extra $$$ into syndications as Limited Partner. I guess LP in syndication will surely bring lower return than buy-it-myself, but how mu...

Over the past couple of years we have focused mostly on flipping houses in Arizona.  But starting this year, 2017, we are now starting to pick up rental properties that we are turning into lease options.  So far we ha...

I am thinking about buying a 3 Unit MF house within 1 hour of train/bus commute to NYC for about 300-400k. The issue is, this is in the hood. I plan on being in and out within 2 years of renovation and renting out eve...

Hey everyone! I am doing research for a house hacking project and need some stories of fellow house hackers. Could you please reply to this thread with your house hacking story?Please include your location, strategy (...

Over the years I’ve seen many questions here on BiggerPockets forum related to various aspects of using self-directed Solo 401k real estate investing. But the challenge is that those questions are spread out across pr...

We are about to endeavor in the landlord world. We just listed our property for rent on Monday and have a lady coming to look at our home tomorrow evening. Is there anything I need to do to prepare for her visit?She t...

I guess my question is how accurate do you find the 50% expense rule?

If you gross rents are $2500, a margin of error of 10% on your expenses would result in a $125 difference in cash flow. This might result accepti...

I am wanting to use private money to purchase "buy and holds". These would be 100% financed through private money and I would want this to cover any kind of rehab costs as well. So basically I want to purchase home...