Hello BP community!Question is pretty much in the title - any other self employed RE professionals using a Section 105 on your taxes to offset insurance and medical costs? Curious if you got any pushback from your acc...

Hello, I am a new investor joining here. I acknowledge I have much to learn. I am a licensed Architect in NY with many construction industry connections which lend itself to owning property. I am ultimately looking fo...

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I have been lurking on BP for quite a while but have recently left my full time job and now have the time and energy to truly devote to my real estate investing. I am located in Scottsdale so I will be fo...

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Im Nick, I live in NY and I graduated from school about a year ago. I have been interested in real estate investing for about 4 years. I joined BiggerPockets because of all the articles on BP...

So I have 6 months of expenses set aside in reserves. Is this an acceptable amount to then increase my cashflow a bit and decrease the amount going into reserves? When below 6 months reserves, I do 10% maintenance, 8-...

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The original purpose of our influence system was to incentivize our members to become active, and to find a way to figure out who those members are that others deem to be influential, credible, and are ove...

Hello,I recently formed an LLC (in CA) for my rental property investments (just closed on my 1st one). However, I am also going to be partnering with a friend in Colorado. We are planning to form a separate LLC for ou...

Hey!So I am about to get a job as a police officer (woop woop!) and I know one of the questions they will be asking me is how much do I want to put towards a 401k plan. Now as much as my parents would love for me to s...

Hello everyone! I am a newbie to Bigger Pockets and in a sense, a newbie to taking my investing seriously. I have been a casual landlord for 10 years, having rented out an old house of mine and picking up a couple oth...

I'm looking for advise on how to handle the water, garbage and gas bill for my single family rental. The town no longer switches them into the tenants name, so I am responsible for it.Do I send a bill to the tenant ea...