I know this is like asking "are peas good" and will get a lot of "it depends" answers, but here's the basic question:If your death (and subsequent lack of cash flow) will significantly affect your family and loved one...

I'm a moderately experienced moonlight investor with solid and relevant non-RE professional credentials, just got my real estate licence, joined my PM's brokerage, and I just had 3 deals pay out.  I'm working on level...

Hii just changed the roof on one of my rental properties. it cost 18K and insurance paid for it and i only paid 1.5K for deductible. do i just depreciate the 1.5K on my tax return or 18K?

Hello BP,I'm wondering if any experienced operators out there can shed some light on best practices. My partner and I bought a home in our personal names and operate our guest house as a STR. We created an LLC to oper...

Hello,My name is Carl from Eastvale, California.I'm highly interested in purchasing my first rental property, but have no idea where to start. I have some money saved up and am convinced that my only option is out-of-...

Hi BP community .  My grandparents have lived in a 2 - unit duplex in Cambridge MA for 53 years. They purchased their home for $35k - the value has sky rocketed in the past 15 years. They are looking to move out of th...

While trying to set up a self directed IRA for real estate investing the rep explained to me that I can’t go to Home Depot to buy building materials. He said I “ You have to stay out of Home Depot” OK, not off to good...

a friend of mine was telling me about another friend's real estate "strategy". sounds fishy to me, so i was hoping to get others' opinions.basically, he says the guy does the following:1) finds distressed property2) ...

I have company who I was considering purchasing a 5 year note but since it is my first rodeo, I was looking for guidance as to what to ask the note company?I asked some basic question and here was their response:"All ...

I'm worried about over-leveraging myself on my properties. My wife and I have our primary residence and a rental property (that we have owned for about 4 months).  I'm thinking about using $20K of the $80k equity in m...