Hello,We are looking for Real Estate Attorney and/or CPA to consult about best practices for buying and managing investment properties. A little of our background.We are located in North California. We owned one inves...

Are the websites like Foreclosure.com and RealtyTrac helpful or is there so much lag time it's better to pull them myself at the County Clerk's office?

Have you ever heard of "Platinum Properities DMV"? I ask because they claimed to be 6 years old yet their website domain is only 5 months old (lying about how old they are is a glaring red flag to me). I'm wondering i...

Has anyone used Donna Bauer's course on mortgage note buying? It comes with guidance and handling of paperwork for deals for those starting out, so I'm wondering how helpful that is.

I got a violation letter from the city 3 months ago. They had the wrong owner address so kept sending them to a different address, so it took a month for the letters to reroute to my current address (I requested chang...

I'm currently reading "Millionaire Real Estate Investor". I just read something that has me absolutely salivating. The author says that you can use your IRA funds to purchase real estate investments without pulling th...

I think I'm ready to make the first investment, in terms of knowledge,  a precise plan to follow and stick to. I'm starting to get a little nervous about my financial situation. Savings: only around 5k, Debt: vehicle...

Hello everyone.  I purchased a 9 unit apartment on 12/21 of last year.  I have a few questions regarding taxes and depreciation.1.  Do I need to file taxes for the property when I didn't earn anything the first 10 day...

I'm currently leasing out my 2 bed/2.5 bath town home in a really nice area to my current tenants for a base rent of $950. I'm assuming they will not resign another lease because this will be the third resign should t...

I've been a member on BP for a while now, and realized I never posted an introduction post. I guess it's time to make it official. First I have a wonderful and supportive wife and two young children. I work in corpora...