Why does Turbotax create TWO entries under "Your Property Assets" for the same property? This creates two line items for depreciation which "seems" incorrect. The one entry turbotax creates appears to be exactly what ...

I'm currently undergoing a renovation on a 2-family I purchased a couple of weeks ago. I anticipate the renovation to last past the new year, and will include items like painting, refinishing floors, new kitchens and ...

Zillow is gobbling up lots of real estate related companies ...

Zillow buys again: $16M for rental search firm HotPads
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2012/11/zillow-buying-rental-real-estate.html

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Hello everyone, Ever since the new tax laws went into place where you have to be uber rich in order to write off your mortgage interest. I've been trying to think of ways to move my mortgage to my investment propertie...

Current I use Quickbooks Online.
Curious what everyone does for regular bookkeeping?
1. Sales Receipts as payments come in? 
2. Recurring invoices and match payments?- If you do this method how do you account for l...

I wanted to get some legal interpretation and given it's the weekend, I'm asking here in case my attorney doesn't respond until Monday.From Cleveland's Eviction Waste Flyer: "After 5pm the day of the move out, the lan...

hey guys so I'm thinking about putting in an offer on a duplex in my area but am a little stumped on how much to figure in for capital expenditures. I'm using a 10% of rent number for vacancies and a 5% of rent for ma...

I am working on rehab of an apartment. I am considering getting it done by subcontractors/individual companies and managing the work myself. I will try to get an estimate from a GC/big company that will do all of it a...

We have had a great time with the Commercial Services Desk at Lowes. They price our materials for all of our Flips, and we are utilizing very high quality products at discounts of 15% to 25% from retail. The best pa...

For all developers out there. How do you estimate constructions costs prior to presenting a project to lenders? Do you first acquire land and plan then perform the estimate, or is this done prior to securing a constru...