James Marszalek
RE Investing Boils Down to 4 Steps
1. Generate Leads2. Analyze Deals3. Make Offers4. Rinse and RepeatThese are the only tasks that designate a Real Estate Investor. If you aren't doing these things, I'd argue you aren't an investor yet. Seems simple th...
John Alosio
Depreciation Recapture with low capital gain.
Hello BP family.I'm here today with a tax question relating to the sale of a rental property.I have a property under contract right now, my sale price is right around my cost basis.For depreciation recapture, I unders...
Shannon M.P. Lewis
Closed On My First Property!!
I closed on my first property one month ago today, just 7 days before my 22nd birthday, and started listening to the bigger pockets podcast today! I was able to get a construction loan from a local bank in the Kansas ...
AJ Wong
Oregon Oceanfront, Oceanview, River & Lakefront homes: Affordable luxury investments
For at least half of nearly forty years life I've lived and invested in property within a block or short walk to the beach in South Florida, Southern California, Southern Oregon and Northern Baja Mexico. For the bulk ...
Kyle J.
Anyone ever found one of these in their fridge???
I've often found some weird things left behind after tenants move out, but this one might take the cake. I recently asked a tenant to leave due to non-payment of rent, and when they left I noticed the refrigerator wa...
David Zheng
Most Guilty Pleasure you've Bought with Real Estate Profits
Just for fun but I know many of us have made it pretty big in real estate whether its a huge flip, cashout refinance, or built up rental profits. but I want to see what our biggest most extravagant guilty pleasure pur...
Christopher M.
Is Zillow Premier Agent worth it?
Hello BP,I know everyone here has strong opinions on Zillow. But I know 3 People who bought a house in the last few years, all three of them found their agents on Zillow. I have heard a lot of people, on this forum an...
Kevin Schermerhorn
Newbie from Richland, Washington
Hello, BP!
I'm Kevin from the Tri-Cities (SE Washington). Long time BP lurker - I'm surprised it's taken me this long to sign up!
I caught the RE "bug" back around Memorial Day '05 after reading an article about an...
Jason Reinhardt
Multfamily Real Estate is NOT Profitable - But I Know it CAN Be
My wife and I have been saving for 14 years - hard - we own two SFH rentals outright and are trying to get our start into multifamily. It seems every property I throw into my calculator is not profitable on day one un...
Peter Melito
tenant needs oven
Tenant called me last night and said oven doesnt work. Make a long story short it needs to be replaced. I bought a new one, it can't believe delivered until Monday. She is complaining about the delivery date - do I ha...