Robert Aiken
Home Improvement Costs for new house
Hey everyone, I'm getting ready to close the deal on a 2 bedroom 2 1/2 bathroom townhouse and I have a general idea of how much I want to put in to the house immediately. A few friends (one being a designer) have give...
Zachary Hite
First Time Home Buyer, 203k Loan or No?
So first time homebuyer, originally I was thinking that my wife and me would purchase a duplex up to a fourplex using a FHA loan. However with the market the way it is any multifamily is far outside the realm of possi...
Benjamin Branson
Taax Strategies with House Hacking
-I plan to start house hacking my 3/2 house when I get back from Deployment. My house is on a VA loan and I plan on renting out 2 of the bedrooms to completely cover my mortgage and to help save money to invest in rea...
Marc Izquierdo
Benefits of LLC vs no entity with flipping
In about a year I plan on starting to flip houses with a partner. Recently, I've started to do some research on different entities (S-Corps, LLCs, etc) in order to potentially minimize taxation on our profits.Based o...
Dina Abbott
Tenant keeps making improvements on the house
I am renting a house to a tenant that keeps making improvements to the house. He put in a backsplash in the kitchen, put up larger fence doors, light fixtures and fans, etc. I keep telling him to stop and he says don...
Jennifer Evans
Depreciation for capital improvement when house hacking
I purchased a 4 unit building this year and am living in one unit. During the year, I remodeled the bathroom and had new windows installed in the unit. I also had new windows installed in another unit. Since I am l...
Ardie Mansouri
New guy - St. Louis, MO
Hi all! I've listened to about 20 podcasts, and I am finally giving in and joining the forums! I'm a 28 year old Structural Engineer living in St. Louis, Missouri and am starting to get very interested in REI. I'm ...
Kyle Surprenant
Where is everyone getting these 50K personal loans?
Hey All, I'm looking to move to a nicer area and hope to turn the next SFH I purchase into a rental. Due to this I already target certain homes in terms of square footage and bedrooms ect. Anyways some of my best opti...
Chris T.
Landlords - renting out a house with basic improvements?
Morning BP. I tried searching for this and didn't find much discussion. Has any landlords out there, on BP, that did the minimum updates, and market their rentals for under market rent?Definitely NOT slum lord standa...
David A.
This Old House (multifamily) Improvements for cheaper Insurance
So I am about to be a proud new landlord and am wondering what others have done to lower their cost of insurance on older (1900 ish) multifamily rentals. This will not be a house hack just a good old fashioned investm...