Hi All, Two quick questions. 1. Reading this BP article (https://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing/house-ha...) and it says the below. I thought you had to live there as your primary residence to house hack....
I know there is a bunch of abandoned box stores with no tenants, but when I go to loopnet.com I see very little offered. Since I am thinking about investing in this sector I would like to find a resource that can show...
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What does everyone think about real estate seminars? I went to a seminar the other day a learned some valuable information but it was hard to distinguish if the speaker was just boasting about their intensive class or...
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I thought Forbes did a nice job on this article over the weekend and wanted to share it here on Bigger Pockets because it seems to capture some big ideas that may take a lot of digging to find otherwise and lays them ...
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If I'm using the standard mileage rate for 2017, can I also claim my business use percentage for my auto loan interest? My accountant says no, but I've read in books that you can still claim auto loan interest in add...
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Hi everyone, in my last post I wrote about the tax benefits that non-real-estate professionals enjoy by investing in a syndication. There were some wonderful answers by Charles LeMaire and Roni Elias among others. It ...
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Two members of our staff and I spent this past Thursday at the State House in Boston for the second time in a month advocating on behalf of our homeowners against the proposed Lodging Tax. We met first with Rep. Jay K...
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We have a property in Columbus that we need to find a GC to rehab. Couple holes in the roof, facia, soffets, other outside repair, and repair the ceiling from the holes. Paint, carpet, and refinish cabinets. Light wor...
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Hello everyone,
I got a quick question for you those of you out there who may have dealt with a bug infestation roach or bedbug problem in the past...
My question is who should pay for pest control me or the renter?
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in San Antonio.
I purchased my first home in 2011. In 2014, I moved into a larger house and decided it was an opportunity to add real estat...