Robert Perea-Martinez
"Dealer" classification while doing Lease Option Assignments?
Hey all, quick question. When doing lease option assignments or when assigning subject-to contracts, are those situations in which you'd have to worry about the "dealer" classification tax-wise? I know it can be a com...
Ryan Berg
REI Newb Looking for Sanity Check
Brand new to BP. Have been wanting to get into STR up in Frisco or Breck. From the area but living in Cleveland now and looking for a way to get back for 1 week in winter and summer seasons. Every place I look at s...
Brad Laramie
Seasoned Multi-Family Manager/Investor, new to Single Family Flips
Hello BP,Professionally I have been managing/flipping 200+ unit apartment communities for 10 years, now I'd like to do a few single family deals on my own to supplement my income. I have financing lined up, a set of c...
Shawn S.
Investing Capital in one or Multiple Rental Properites
Hey BP community!I have a question regarding investing capital in one property vs in multiple and am interested in learning what the community's perspective is on the topic. What I would like to know is what things sh...
Chris McDaniel
Zombie apocalypse and $100,000?
If you had $100,000 in your bank account right now, what would you do with it? What kind of real estate would you pursue? Or would you just do the smart thing and forget all that REI craziness and do the smart thing, ...
Jacob Barnhart
How do you determine how much to set aside for expenses?
When evaluating properties, I try to use the 10% of rent for maintenance, cap-ex, management, and vacancy. So 40% of rent set aside total to be on the safe side, but this obviously is very generic. Obviously a house b...
Sean McDonagh
How to borrow when # of properties max debt/income ratio?
I’m a smaller investor still with 4 properties in my portfolio. What tools are at my disposal when I don’t have enough equity in the properties yet to refi or sell, but my ambitions and drive are pushing me forward, e...
Tyler Ingram
DTI ratio question
My fiancé is on the mortgage of our primary home, but I am not. We do split the payment but there is no lease or anything legally binding forcing me to pay each month.
We’re looking at buying an investment property ...
Steve S.
Opportunity Fund or 1031 Exchange: Which is better?
The 1031 Exchange has been one of the most tax efficient investment vehicles available to real estate investors for many years. However, with the creation of Opportunity Funds under the Opportunity Zone program, the 1...
Eric P.
Rental Real Estate Loss Allowance making over $150k...
Can someone better help me understand how the Rental REal Estate Loss Allowance works? I was surprised to find out I'm going to owe $3,800 in taxes this year. I have just over $17,000 in losses from our rental prope...