So I have been operating a Lake House Short Term rental for the last two years.  And I have been getting a lot of questions from friends, acquaintances, my own real estate agent, renters, etc.  So I put together an em...

Hi, We had to call VRBO for a bill that they are charging us and this is how I found out that VRBO charges 10% commission for any booking that was made outside their platform. They said that they have access to extern...

I got a bunch of questions about a property I purchased in Chicago through Profit from Rentals (PFR), so I thought I'd put down some of the facts here.  I'll attempt to keep this as a running post, so folks who are cu...

There have been several threads here on BP lately about the legality issues when seller financing to consumers. New, apparently stricter federal regs are in place to start 1/2014.

I've posted before that I've been...

Which city/region offers the best chance at rental property cash flow in this country? Anybody have any guesses? 

I got a call the other day from a cost segregation firm.  He estimates that I can use bonus depreciation to get effectively $900k of depreciation in the first year.  This is due to taking advantage of bonus depreciati...

I am an aspiring note investor and have decided to start by brokering to build capital.  Since these are common concerns, I should start by mentioning that I have no delusions of getting rich quick, am not misrepresen...

Hi everyone!It recently came to my attention that my grandfather has way too much money sitting in a standard savings account earning a pathetic less than 1% interest rate. My grandfather's gears turn in money and I'm...

I cant find a single property that I would be able to buy in a half decent neighborhood utilizing the 2% rule. I looked in almost all of florida. Maybe a trailer park home, but then again, the land rental fee or whate...

I have been listening to all of the podcasts recently and reading and searching the forums alot. It's has been said that the market will crash soon for the past 3-4 years from what I have found. I am not a market foll...