Hello everyone! My partners and I closed on our first deal in Chester, PA and I have been fortunate enough to be in control of the accounting. We have decided to use Stessa and it seems simple, but I do have a couple ...

I can't find much discussion of this, which makes me suspect I haven't actually stumbled onto some magical tax loophole. But what discussion I can find seems to indicate it applies to some real estate activities. Hopi...

I just noticed that I just broke the 900 mark for posts. I started thinking that seem like a lot considering I joined BP January 27, 2009.

It's amazing how much time I've spent already here on BP considering I still...

Hey All,I'm considering a house hack on a duplex, but I'm seeing various articles stating that conventional rentals no longer work.  E.g. https://www.biggerpockets.com/...I made  few offers back before the pandemic, a...

ARMs (Adjustable Rate Mortgages) are a product that haven't been mentioned much in the last few years. As rates were at all-time-low levels, the spread/benefit of an ARM was nearly non-existent. However, as rates are ...

A few friends of mine and I have this vision of creating new homes from shipping containers. However, we are still new to real estate so we figure the best place to start looking is on the forums for people who have d...

Hi all!
I am new to real estate investment and planning to start ramping up long term rental properties in 2025, however my first two primary residences were both converted into MIL's and rented within months after c...

I spend a lot of time analyzing numbers on my properties, and I typically compare all my expenses as a % against total income for each property. So for round numbers, if I had 30k in income on a duplex, and I spen...

Hello BP,

Does anyone have experience converting a school into an income property? What are the options?

I have an off-market deal for a nice elementary school in Texas. The town has around 50,000 people and growing...

Hello everyone, I'm extremely new to real estate, just in my early days of getting educated, and I had a thought come to mind the other day. I've been listening to the bigger pockets podcast on my way to and from work...