Greetings all, just wanted to share my positive news that I just got a property tax down from $3,550 to $397. This was for a Fulton County (Atlanta) SFR foreclosure we purchased in December 2010 for ~ $24,000. The $3,...

I just got an appraisal back on a duplex that has 'no direct comps.' There are are plenty of sfr comps, but the appraiser cited a challenge in valuing the property because of no direct comparable sales.

The propert...

Hello all. I was looking around the net at some photos, and I came up with an idea.
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Let's see what the "worst" fixer out there looks like! If you have any pho...

So I just received an appraisal for a rental property that I did some rehab work on and am in the process of doing a cash out refi on to pull some of the equity out to pay back the rehab work and possibility have capi...

As BiggerPockets is first and foremost a community, I thought it might be nice to make new members feel more welcome here! With that in mind we're going to try out a new concept for our forums, contests:
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I have a situation where I am trying to evict my tenant for non-payment of rent. I won the eviction hearing, but the tenant has filed an appeal and affidavit of inability to pay costs of Appeal which is $10.00. I can ...

Hi everyone, 
I am considering contesting my property taxes (as I have been told that is generally a good practice to follow). Oddly, I have talked to a few professionals here in Arlington and most of them tell me ei...

Hello,

I have seen the creative side of the members within this forum so thought I would try and leverage all of the different ideas that are out there. I’m hoping some people will help me with rendering/modeling ex...

I'm currently on my first rental that i purchased last year. The purchase price was $170,000. I just received a letter from the city stating that the property has appraised for $177,00. For tax purposes, I'd like to c...

Can someone help me figure out which closing cost fees I can reduce or eliminate? Here are all the fees I'm seeing:Loan Discount Fee - Seriously, *I* have to pay money to get a *DISCOUNT*? What kind of discount is tha...