So, you want to know how to rent your house out. Maybe you’re upsizing or downsizing, moving away for work, or just want to buy another primary residence and take advantage of low-money down loans. Whatever your reaso...
Pay off your mortgage or invest? If you’re on the path to FIRE, you’ve probably asked yourself this question. Without a mortgage payment, you could put thousands more in your pocket every month, and your FIRE number w...
Alexandre Souza
Is it time to invest in Rio de Janeiro?
I don't know how international press are showing brazilian crises to the world. But i know for sure what is going on around here. I live in Rio de Janeiro and for more than 30 years i follow the economic issues and gr...
Catherine D.
Residential Depreciation Schedule
Hello all, Basic questions for all your depreciation ninjas out there. Suppose I have 4-plex, I have held for 4 years. Is there a deprecation method utilized where the life of the building decreases with time (i.e. ...
Nick Elg
How are you adding bedrooms to properties ?
BiggerPockets!I am managing some properties in Utah and an owner across the way from us(identical 4-plex) has added bedrooms to each unit and is getting additional income. He must have decreased the size of the living...
Steve Babiak
Household Formation in a Recession - lower homeownership rates plus increased rental vacancy rates
There have been a number of threads started on BP that talk about the housing market collapse not leading to increased occupancy in rentals. Here is a link to a study on this topic that shows that homeownership is do...
Brandon Malone
Are you finding renters?
Amidst this COVID I’m trying to assess how many people have rentals active on the market and whether you’re seeing a drastic decrease in rental interest/applications. I have a bank accepted foreclosure. After rehab, w...
Anthony Jasmine
Why is my first year return so high?
I'm using the rental calculator on here, and I'm not sure if I'm filling anything out incorrectly, but I see a correlation of the returns gradually decreasing every year. Yes, I'm using leverage and have accounted for...
Christian Roberts
Trouble with ECLIPSE
Hey everyone! I’m filling out the rental license application and I can’t get past this page. Do I have to wait for the document I uploaded to be accepted before it lets me move on?
Mason Liu
The future of home insurance in Florida
I'm curious as to what everyone is seeing over the near-intermediate term future for home insurance rates in Florida. Do we see a large difference between south / central / north Florida? Will we perhaps see a repriev...