Isabela Montalvo
Future Investor-Manager Residing in Miami, Florida
Hello to the BP community!My name is Isabela, a future student rental investor-manager. I currently reside in and have been working as a real estate financial analyst in the Miami, Florida area. I have about two yea...
Jim S.
To form an LLC or not
I own 2 duplexes and I am considering buying an 8 unit. What are the advantages to forming an LLC. I know if there is a judgment against the LLC that is separate from my personal things. But what else. Is filing an LL...
Sylvia B.
Cap rates make no sense
I've read this article by Sergio Altomare - How to Calculate Cap Rate (& Where Many People Get It Wrong) several times and there is something that just doesn't make sense to me. These basic formulas do make sense:...
Alex S.
Single Member LLC and Limited Liability?
Hi Folks,I am looking to purchase my first investment property (either a SF home or less than 5 MF units) and plan to hold it in an LLC, with myself the only member and the member-manager. A couple questions about th...
Rick Howell
Taking the Pain out of Self-Promotion
Self-promotion can be the most difficult of starting your own business. Your friends and family may know what you are working on, but if you don’t cast a very wide net, you will have trouble getting your business off ...
Erich Wolff
How to handle finances and bookkeeping w/ a growing STR business
My wife and I are under contract for our second STR and I'm wondering how to handle the financials and bookkeeping as we go forward here (and hopefully continue to grow). We currently have an LLC, a business cc and b...
Henley H.
Long term rental vs. short term rental taxes
Hi Their,We have a property with an extra dwelling on it that we have rented long term for about 6 years. We are considering making it a short term rental instead.Are taxes more favorable for long term or short term ...
Pat Martin
Ouch...Only in Cali
http://online.wsj.com/articles/san-francisco-tenan...(FYI if you don't subscribe to wsj then copy and paste the title of article in google search click on the wsj link and you should get a free pass to read article)
Dan Brindley
Renting out homes in SW Florida
I'm speaking specifically about the Estero area in Fort Myers. I don't live in the area but considering buying a house there and renting it out when I'm out of the country.
But I just looked on Zillow, and there see...
Account Closed
Banks taking REOs back off the market???
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39467220/ns/business-real_estate/
anyone hear about this?? i hadn't until today. i put an offer on a REO and the agent took it off the market shortly after. when i asked why, this articl...