Hi everybody! My name is James and I live in San Luis Obispo, CA, the happiest town in America, according to Oprah and many other people. I am 26 and married my beautiful wife last June and am loving life right now. I...

should i buy an apartment/condo to rent out as my first investment property?

Hello all!I have been listening the BP podcast for months now and finally decided to create a BP account.  I have recently moved to Norfolk, VA for work - I am an accountant at a local CPA firm.  I was born and raised...

I'm thinking of subscribing to Rentometer, especially since they have a $45 a year special going on right now. Any feedback or better tools? I do also use Craigslist and RentCafe and my buyer agent sometimes has relia...

I've read "Short Term Rental, Long Term Wealth" and the direction is to use STR-specific data companies such as AirDna, but to focus more on the aggregate area data instead of individual property data. The other thing...

I know the mortgage interest and any expenses associated with the rental property are tax deductible but, is the down payment of a rental property tax deductible?If I put $40,000 down on a rental property, can I deduc...

I'm looking to start with Multi-Family (duplex/triplex).  I have my own home so this will have be as an investor with 20% down. I know there are things I need to do to analyze if the deal is a good one, like rental ra...

I'm a new PRO member, as of about 3 days ago, and an investor with a tiny bit of experience in rentals and fix and flips.  I'm taking a much more "business owner" type approach to investing now than I did before.I am ...

Hi Guys,

I know people dont really pay attention to tax assessed value, it is the comps of the area that is important. But since the market is soft now - you can't really depend on the comps from 6 months ago. Peopl...

I know it shouldn't be a deal-breaker, if the mgmt co doesn't want to manage a C/C- property, but do you contact them before you buy, just to see what their thoughts on managing it would be?