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Thoughts on renting to college students in a college town (Blacksburg, VA)? Any special pitfalls? Advantages?
So 270k baseline in 2000 condo . Rented in year 20 (2021 ) @2350 mo-
I have what account calls "saved" credits on depreciation of 50-75k due to income exceeding 150k annual .
I /(accountant) depreciated my $270,000 ...
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As a landlord I have had many successes and more than my share of nightmares. Every tenant a lesson, learn or repeat until learned, both the good and bad. I learned to take the opportunity of the proposed tenant p...
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Hello BiggerPockets!I'm fairly new to the BP community and very new to real estate investing. I purchased a duplex in December of '18 and moved in my first tenant this past February. I've learned a lot throughout the ...
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Hello, BP Community! I finally found you all! :D
My first (and current) home purchase was a house hack, only I wasn't familiar with the term at the time. We've been homeowners for going on 3 years now and, prior to ...
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Hello everyone,I was forced to leave the country “voluntarily” 6 months ago for immigration purposes. I live in Mexico currently but my family lives in Utah. We are renting out our home and my wife and kids moved i...
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I've been toying with the idea of buying a winter getaway home, one I could rent out Airbnb/VRBO April-November. I live in St. Paul, Minnesota where I have a great career, investment properties, and a small vacation-r...
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We've got a tenant moving in on Tuesday with two kids, pretty young.Any child safety horror stories or other lessons learned? Definitely want to hear from Virginia investors. In addition to protecting ourselves, we al...
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I have recently been divorced and my ex and I co-own a 2000+sqft, 3br, 2.5 ba, 0.75 acer property with an additional 16x25 office space that has its own exterior entrance/exit and 0.5 bath, and a large one car garage....
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Hi BP,I am interested in a duplex property in Carmichael, CA. The seller refused to take any offers that have "subject to inspection" clause in it.I take this as a big red flag that he is hiding something.Fast forward...