Matt Ward
US Expat Investing in US Real Estate
Pretty much what it says. I run several ecommerce businesses and live in Switzerland (among other places), staying out of US more than 330 days a year for foreign income exclusion.What are recommendations going forwar...
Ehab Shoukry
Lease has expired - Evict or Non Renewal Notice
Hi all -I'm curious when a lease has expired and you no longer want your tenant to live in the property, is an eviction required or can you just send a letter to move out?I ask because I am about to buy six SFHs and a...
Jon Mason
Columbus Ohio SFH Flip - Jon Mason
This will be my first flip on my own. I have bought a sfh on the east side of columbus in a tax foreclosure auction at the sheriff sale. 4/2.5 2276 sq ft bought for 140,000 ARV 199,000. with rehab costing 15,000 to 20...
Bruce Shiba
New lease agreements and increasing rent
Context: House hacking with an owner occupied single family dwelling. One of my tenants lease will be up in June 15. Currently, month to month rent is the default option after the lease expires. I'm wondering if a) I ...
Tim Porsche
Tax Deduction Question for Owner Occupied Duplex
Hi All, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask or not, but if anyone could shed any light on an issue I'm having while doing my tax returns for 2017 I'd greatly appreciate it. So the issue is, I have a duplex ...
Megan Carson
Unsafe rental conditions
I’ve been living in the same rental for the last 2 years and have never had any issues, but 4 days ago I came home and noticed that my bathtub looked like it was going to fall through the floor into the basement. I co...
Sandy Metivier
Convert a Vacation home to an Investment property for 1031
We have our house in Lake Tahoe, California for 6 years for which in the past we've used a portion of the year as a vacation house (random weekend visits mostly, but a couple of summers we lived at the house), and had...
Paula D.
Urgent advice needed!
Would contact a RE lawyer about this, but given that it's weekend, I wanted to ask here first, since it's urgent:We're in Los Angeles, in a single family NON RSO property. Have lived here 2.5 years. Everything in good...
Paul Burbank
New Member in Upstate NY
Hi. Brand new BP member here looking to get into real estate investing. My wife and I are located in the Saratoga, NY area. I am an electrician by day but hope that one day investing can replace that career. I have kn...
Jonas Miller
Self-Help Eviction -- Virginia
Hi. I live in Virginia and have rented out a room in my house for the past three years to earn some extra money. My current housemate moved in on December 1, and has turned out to be a terror -- only a few days after ...