William Powell
My first MTR and how to set it 2nd room
Hey BP. Should I make 2bd 1 bath in a quiet town 35 minutes from the big city a MTR with 2 queen bed sets or 1 queen and make the second bedroom an office or even an entertainment/exercise room? Thanks for your answe...
Aaron Rowzee
New Member from Beaumont, Texas area
Hello BP! A newbie here from the Golden Triangle. I've been lurking for a few weeks and decided to sign up and do a few webinars. Looking forward to learning and networking in my area. I am currently in the IT field a...
Christian Latimer
Gas Tank Water Heater Recommendations
Any recommendations for which to get. There are a ton of options when I looked at Home Depot. Looking to stay with gas tank type.
3 bed/3 full bath 1600 sq ft house.I need to replace the current gas tank water heate...
George Smith
New Member from San Diego, Ca - George Smith
Hi,My name is George Smith and I currently live in Oceanside, ca which is in sunny san diego county. I am new to real estate and would love the opportunity to do real estate and work with others in my area. I have alo...
Samuel Botts
Is there a rule of thumb for estimating cabinet replacements?
I put an offer on an SFH for a BRRRR property and it needs some cosmetic work to say the least. Assuming our offer is accepted we're going to have a GC give us an estimate but I was curious if anyone had a typical num...
Charles D.
Property management charged me and didn't do the maintenance
Need some serious help from anyone here. My property management charged me about $7000 for maintenance. Then took my 2 months rents of $2200 apply to maintenance that I did not know about until 2 months latter that I ...
Joe Spinelli
Real Estate Professional - 750 hour question
Hello everyone! I know the criteria to be a RE Professional is 750 hours in RE and more hours in RE than any other job. My accountant told me that I need to spend 750 hours PER PROPERTY which does not make sense. H...
DP Patel
Seller(Tenant) Temp Lease Help
I am relatively NEW to REI and also on BP (2 months) but found this forum very helpful. I need your advice on my 1st property temp rental.
I am about to do my 1st ever SFH buy-n-hold closing on 6/30. Everythin...
Brian Morgan
Me big W2, spouse RE pro. How write off 1/3 LLC losses?
Sorry for the Tarzan title, but I think it covers the bases. So I’m a W2 wage earner in the 33% tax bracket and my wife, who has no income, logged 750 hours on our rental house last year to qualify as a real estate pr...
Justin Pumpr
Thoughts on kitchen upgrade - Countertops (another one...)
Hey all,I know the countertops question has been asked quite a bit, but wanted to get some answers from people who have installed butcher block (Ikea specifically) in their rentals and how they have held up.My kitchen...