Mike Y.
IRS Real Estate Professional with small # of units?
My wife and I own a three unit building and occupy one of the units, as well as a separate large undeveloped block of land. She works full-time and I work half time as a consultant. We have passive loss rollovers from...
Jeff Cliff
IKEA kitchen cabinets pros & cons
Hi,I am considering IKEA kitchen cabinets for one of my properties which I will be rehabbing and staying in for a few years now and then renting it out until I am ready to retire in another 25-30 years.unable to decid...
McKade Evenson
New Member Introduction
Hey BP members,My name is McKade Evenson. I am a 20 Y/O going to school in Pocatello, Idaho. For the past year or so I’ve been devouring all the information I can from the BP podcasts, forums, etc. I love this place a...
Brian Mangum
Newbie from North Carolina
Hello all BP community!I just found the Bigger Pockets site and can say this is exactly what I have needed.There is so much information here that I can barely contain my excitement. I have recently began researching ...
Mike Eigenmann
First Deal Done - Next Steps?
Hi Bigger Pockets - Thanks in advance for any support, I am huge fan of the forums & podcast. I am a 25 year old engineer who just purchased my first home in the Minneapolis area. My goal for this home is to be a ...
Jon Sheffield
What questions do you ask your CPA & Attorney?
To all that either have had the opportunity to deal with attorneys and CPA's or not I will take all advice given. I am just beginning and wanted to know the basic steps in vetting a attorney and CPA. What are the basi...
Loren Thomas
LED Lighting / Electrical system luxuries - Good selling point?
GoodayI have 2 questions really, the first one is this: How much of a return can I expect after converting lighting to "all LED" and marketing it as such? And really, many other electrical system upgrades have been in...
Josh Waggoner
Hello BP members! Glad to join...
Hello, I'm Josh Waggoner. My family and I have always been a bit eccentric and willing to do things the weird way. We are soon to close on our second home and move into that one. We will sell our current one at that t...
Michael Laniak
Credit collection addendum to lease agreement?
Hello everyone! This may be my first post. :-)I recently heard advice from a very experienced landlord/investor/agent in which he includes a "Credit collection agency" addendum with all his leases now which he belie...
Delsater Z.
GA basement, can it be rented?
Hello good people of GA! I need your adviceIm considering a Duplex near Decatur GA (Atlanta area) with a partially finished basement as part of of the deal; supposedly could be finished and rented as a 3rd unit. Howev...