Sy Pires
Seeking Tax Advice: Renting to Family Under Market Value
My wife and I have owned our Multifamily for over 2 years and currently decided to rent to my Aunt for under market value. I was not a BP member before doing so and I've only recently (2 months) begun educating myself...
Melissa G.
Buying a home in pre-foreclosure
I'm trying to negotiate with an owner to buy his home that is in pre-forclosure. In your experience, how many owners are willing to make this kind of deal?
I don't know yet how much he owes on the home. I'm hoping ...
John Morgan
Anyone ever get audited by the IRS?
Just curious if anyone has ever got red flagged or a random audit from the IRS for their rental investments. I haven’t yet, but wondered what that experience was like. I keep good records, but hope I never have to go ...
William Manning
A bad plan is better than no plan at all
Blueprint, strategy, map, sketch, plan, or whatever.
Hey, it sucks being lost. What's even worse is having a ton of options, directions, opinions (this one too) that someone can meander and stumble through. I'm new....
Laurel DeSilvey
Duplex Investment Opportunity
Hello,I am new to BiggerPockets and am looking to get started in real estate investing. I will be moving to the Austin area within the next few months and have been on the lookout for a duplex to house hack. The marke...
Account Closed
Controlled Explosion in Boston Bomber's Apartment
Anyone else watching the news right now with the Boston bomber stuff? They are about to set off the controlled explosion in the kid's apartment. Since its a terrorist related incident I'm pretty sure that won't be c...
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Need advice on whether to sell
Hi all,
I took the plunge about a year ago and bought my first condo 2BR/2BA. I figured I would buy it for below market value, do most of my own repairs, and then sell after 2 years so i don't have to pay capital gai...
Ray Mckinney
property leasing
Hope Im on the right page. A person has ask me though he is in foreclosure can he still legally lease out his home? And would the tenant after finding out ,after the lease signing that the home was in forclosure, hav...
Alyssa Paros
What credit score do you use as a qualification?
We own in a triplex where the rent is $500-600/mo. Should we stick the standard in The Book on Managing Rental Properties? What credit score do you use as the qualification threshold?
Jean Nye
Have money but no job desperate need advice
hello, I will try and keep this short and to the point. My husband was forced to take an early retirement at age 58. He has cancer in his spine that 6 months ago caused him to be pAralyzed from hips down. So then I q...