Haritha N.
Newbie questions on buying mortgage notes
I am fairly new to the concept of buying/selling mortgage notes and I have been reading about it. From what I understand (to put in simplistic terms):
Lenders (could be banks, financial institutions, private people) ...
Dane Gullakson
Replace roof prior to tenant move-in?
Hello!My wife and I are purchasing our first investment home so I am interested in some advice. The home itself is a 3/1, 815 SF and it has a simple, low pitched shingle roof. The roof is nearing the end of its usable...
Robert Rodriguez
Trying to understand HELOCs
I have been doing my research on BP for HELOCs. I wanted to post this to check my knowledge and see if i am grasping everything correctly along with find out the different exit strategies and results of the exit str...
Aviv Peretz
Short term rental - How to pay to un unlicensed subcontractor
Hello everyone! I own 3 properties together with my parthner (LLC) in Joshua tree CA . On a weekly basis we pay to the cleaning crew (Zelle) and some other vendor and subcontractor without a lic to fix or improve out...
Rich Weese
RE goals-estate planning -Part 5 and final part
There have been a lot of downtrodden posts and threads here on BP about how bad their situations are. Concern about retirement, pensions, estate taxes etc.
In this 5 part series, I've tried to offer some hope ...
Andrew Erickson
Made in China: California Licensed Manufactured Homes
I am looking into getting manufactured homes built in China. I'd like to get them licensed in California, but it is very difficult. I have had a design and import business for the last 3 years. I did over a million in...
Benjamin S.
Workers Compensation Question
Hi All,
I am in the process of wrapping up my first project. As expected, I had some troubles with the GC on quality of work, what was agreed to VS what was done, etc. I have met a lot of good workers in di...
Account Closed
Kiyosaki talk. Write off RE with business??
Hi, I was watching a kiyosaki vid, and I heard him talk about Jared Kushner not paying taxes in regards to 3 forms of income. I’m not totally sure what’s being said here and I’m not asking for the “safe” “sounds real...
Adam Craig
Why dont accountants understand real estate investing?
I have used 2 different CPA's and they all seem to think alike. Both prefer I max out my SEP IRA / HSA before putting the money into real estate. I put a nice chunk of cash into both but I want real estate to be my m...
Brad Williams
Lessons Learned
Even though I have been doing this a few years, I still consider myself a newbie. I just had a deal fall through and learned a new lesson. Well not a new lesson but, was reminded of a previous lesson and why I g...