Willow Bellotti
I am new to this site...
My name is Willow and I am new to this site. I have been investing for many years and have been through the good the bad and the ugly. I have learned from all of it and really am starting again as an investor.
I am...
Aaron Schwab
Best/Worst add on features to your properties
What are some of your upgrades or added features to your rental properties that tuned out to be very successful and also include any disasters.
For example has anyone ever added a professionally paved fire pit? Or a...
James Free
The Politics of REI; A Lesson in Framing
National news today is giving us a lesson in framing, teaching us why we should be careful about privacy and how we can be attacked in the public sphere.An example: http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/23/media/sean-hannity-r...
Kamal Mohammad
what does it mean when they have $0 improvement ?
Hi everyone!, what does it mean when the county property appraisal has $0 improvement on a property on their website? even though there's a house on the lot but the house been vacant for a while/abandoned, does it eff...
Henry Van Eijk
Gentrification in East Durham
Hi Everyone,I want to learn more about how East Durham is changing. By driving through parts, I can tell that there are lots of houses being rehabbed/built. Will this area continue to improve over the next 5 to 10 yea...
Tierny Taylor
First time real estate investor
Hello, I am new here and interested in investing in real estate (obviously right?). I am 22 years old with a 3 month old son. My husband, son and I are currently living in a one bedroom apartment. We are working on sa...
Ray Li
BRRRR in MFH with tenants
When people buy rehab and refinance a partially occupied MFH, do you refinance immediately after you rehab the exterior and the vacant units and rent it out? Or do you rehab all units, vacant or occupied (when their l...
Brian Oney
To Upgrade or Not for Selling?
We are currently working on preparing our former first-home-turned-rental-house to sell. We are getting a new exterior paint job and touching up the outside (replacing broken sidewalk and fixing negative drainage)....
Kevin Suksi
Tax Treatment of Investment Property Sold at a Loss via Land Contract
Thanks in advance for any insight on this item.
I am preparing a tax return for another investor who converted her tenant to land contract.
This property was purchased in 2005 for $106,000. The investor is tired of...
Anthony Fontana
Bad Debt and Credit Loss
When underwriting a commercial property, what is an example of bad debt and what is an example of credit loss (how does this differ from vacancy loss)?Thanks