Elizabeth Nenque
Advice needed: sellers want to stay past closing
My husband and I have been house hunting and are about to submit an offer on a house in Bothell.The sellers would like to stay past closing and rent until they find a house. Our agent says this is common. BUT we recei...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, May 10, 2021)
Economic Update
(Monday, May 10, 2021)
Are you making love less? I thought so. Apparently you’re not alone. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of babies born in the U.S. dropped by ...
Amy Canfield
"STR Favorite Things" - Pretend you're Oprah
We're closing on our first STR next month (yeah!) and need to get the property set up for renters. Please tell me about some of your favorite STR furnishings/kitchen items/bedding/towels/security gadgets/etc. Put on ...
Eddie Johns
Landlord not returning the deposit
Hi Guys please help us out here.We rented an apartment on 15sept and paid 2 months deposit to the owner. After 3-4 days we found there were bed bugs in the house and we contacted the owner to do pest control in our ho...
Masashi Borges-Silva
Reducing W2 income tax by actively participating in real estate
Background
I am not a Professional Real Estate (yet) as I am working as a full-time engineer, and I don’t meet 750 hours of services during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in which I participated. ...
Eric B.
New RE Investor, Advice Needed
Hello everyone,
I've purchased/sold multiple times for my primary residence. I'm in the process of moving from one state to another, and if all goes well in this market, I should be under contract tomorrow. My plan ...
JaNae Anderson
Out of state investing
I’m looking for REI groups in the Bay Area that specialize on investing out of state.
Emma Chen
Please Advise How Newbie Start Out Based on My Situation
Hello all,
This is Emma greeting from San Diego, California. I recently graduated from my MBA program and currently work on the acquisitions team in a real estate company. I have been listening to the Bi...
Amy Ranae
How to value a multi family apartment building
Hello BP Friends!I'm looking for a 10-30 unit apartment building in my market place by pulling the tax records of buildings with this many units, then looking them up and doing some research before finding the owner a...
Andrew Wong
AirBnB has no central AC, summer heat. Advice on upselling?
My units have no central AC. I clearly mark there is no AC as an amenity. There's been some heat waves in the area, two weeks ago hitting > 100, this past week hitting 85. Guests have been complaining about the hea...