Joe Farruggio
Flip & Taxes - Capital Gains?
So I did my first flip. Worked out great. Bought it for $225k. Put another $125k in it. Sold for $450k. 6 Month time frame. Now... it's treated as a short term capital gain..... what can I offset it by? If I bought a ...
Ray S.
Prevent unauthorized parking
I have a 4-plex with 4 parking spots. People keep parking in our vacant spaces or blocking the driveway. The tow companies never come when I call them. And I'm also slightly afraid of a retaliation if I have someone t...
Andrew Carlson
Weed and junk cars?
We’ve got one tenant smoking weed in their apartment regularly. We’ve told them to quit, left nice notes, and have had the sheriff knock on their door (didn’t answer even though they were home). How do we get them to ...
Karl McGarvey
Best Way to make a Tax Refund work for Me!
First time investors here! In preparation for applying for loans and financing, I am trying to work through how to best apply my tax refund to work for me. Basically I have narrowed down to, pay down our only vehicle ...
Shweta Patel
No titles on POH- thoughts?
Hello friends,I am looking into purchasing a park that seems to be a great value, public utilities, great metro. However, all of the park owned homes are conveyed without titles. Does that automatically make this a ba...
Phil Chapman
Appartment Complex Parking Assisgnment and Limits
I can't believe I am having to post about this issue, but here goes. I bought a 24-unit apartment complex back in June which came with 24 sets of inherited tenants. In one of the 6 buildings, there is this one tenan...
Bryan Noth
Tesla gears up for 500,000-square-foot expansion of Austin factor
A permit application filed June 29 with the City of Austin and approved July 1 shows Austin-based Tesla plans to build a two-floor, 500,000-square-foot space to enlarge its General Assembly 2 and General Assembly 3 op...
Jane S.
Tenant’s son has parked about 6 huge motorcycles in garage
I just saw my rental’s single garage stuffed with about 6 motorcycles in various states of repair. OMG! The tenant did NOT indicate these “toys” on his rental app, and the lease states “tenant agrees not to store and...
Nick Radloff
Rental Cars at STR's
Has anyone played around with providing a rental car at their str property for an extra fee? I recently got back from vacation and I feel like the rental car game paired with ubering around could be less of a hassle i...
Susan Freitas
Referrals needed - abandoned property
Hello BP Community! I'm looking for some assistance for my father. He has a rental property in Rio Vista, CA. He had long term tenants that would pay regularly then not, catch up, and the cycle continued. To compl...