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So I’ve heard about lease options and sandwich lease option when I first started investing over 20 years ago. Here are some of my initial thoughts that has pretty well held solid and possibly even become more solidifi...
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It looks like the controversial Chinatown Sixers Arena is moving forward. What's everyone's take? Good or bad for the City of Philadelphia and more specifically the real estate market?
I have a rental that I purchased in 2007 and it is still at the bottom of the Marianas Trench. I see fish when looking out of the windows. The property is in my name, and I need to move it to an LLC for liability. I w...
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I am in California, but I have a daughter who lives in St. Louis, so I might ask her to bird-dog for me.I found this 2 building, 12 unit apartment on Loopnet.com for $385K. Current rents total to $6600/month. Each uni...
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Good grief, I'm getting freaky good at this for an "average" guy.
You know my theory - that modern liberalism has heavy roots to the eug...
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Hi BP members, I have not given much thought about liability protection until now, but I recently started reading books written by Garrett Sutton, and cannot help having questions. (1) Does Michigan afford charging or...
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The debate about a market crash has become almost as emotional as some other favorite American controversies. You don't see seasoned investors selling off their portfolios. Especially on social media no matter if it's...
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In publication 527 it says:"The following are settlement fees and closing costs you can’t include in your basis in the property.
Fire insurance premiums.Rent or other charges relating to occupancy of the property b...
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Just starting out in Illinois from what we have figured out so far I think setting up an LLC is best and pretty simple. Thoughts?
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Seeing if anyone caught Grant Cardone’s dig at BP on his show today. Anyone have thoughts on his advice of going Big right out of the gate? Along with staying away from SFH/ small multi’s?