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Steven M. Too Many "Investors" Owning Homes...Are We Heading For A Whole New Serious R/E Problem?
15 July 2012 | 51 replies

I would like to address a concern I have about the herd-mentality of everyone and their uncle becoming "investors" and how this is likely to have very serious long term implications on housing that few have thought mu...

Skye Anderson Have you ever heard of the utility meter being stolen?
3 September 2018 | 59 replies

Myself and a partner have a SFH under contract in St. Louis, MO (this is a long-distance transaction) that we intend to purchase as a buy and hold. We just learned yesterday that they were unable to do the municipal i...

Lee Fahy Investa-Brothel the Odyssey
21 February 2019 | 182 replies

My wife and I had been interested in purchasing a rental property for about a year with the intent of making this a business. She's a teacher, I'm an engineer and we have little faith in the future of Social Security ...

Brian Orr Are the seminars valuable or scams?
28 October 2018 | 35 replies

I've heard multiple times on podcasts, people that speak of large value from continued education, conferences, seminars, etc... But i've also seen a few BP blog posts warning that they are scams... The one around here...

David C. SDIRA experience - is it really worth the hype?
6 August 2021 | 17 replies

I have been looking opening a SDIRA.  I have read/heard many tout the overall benefits and flexibility of using an SDIRA, but when I looked into it a little more, the SDIRA seemed to lose its luster with several restr...

Rob C. Is it really that important to hire contractors that are insured?
10 August 2020 | 35 replies

From what I've read in the forums it seems that conventional wisdom here is it's best to hire only contractors & handymen that are insured. I adopted this perspective when I started as a landlord as I tend to trus...

Jordan Hanksion Can I estimate with a "Zestimate"?
11 December 2015 | 44 replies

Hey BPZillow seems like it could be a very useful tool for searching for real estate and gleaning a blind estimate for locations value and rental income.My question is, just how accurate are these "Zestimates"? Especi...

Michael Plaks Straight talk: my CPA keeps delaying and is not responding
21 May 2023 | 19 replies

We accountants are regularly approached by investors who are unhappy with their current CPAs being too slow to finish the work, too difficult to get hold of, too unreliable, too something else... So I decided to open ...

Kyle Michael cost segregation
8 February 2023 | 32 replies

I have read it is a good idea to have a cost segregation done I have found a few companies but what should I be looking for in a cost seg firm?

Bernard Sanga Collecting rents from a tenant without bank account
14 May 2020 | 43 replies

Hi,
I just completed a deal (duplex) and I inherited a tenant who does not have a bank account. He pays cash to the previous landlord.
I am new to real estate investing and would like to hear recommendations on wh...