David McBrayer
Is there a company that handles Real Estate Investing for others?
I am sure there is a company that will invest your money for you in Real Estate right? Let me tell you what I was thinking and see if someone might have some advise for me?I have a couple of condos paid off and then ...
Ryan Monier
Potential tenant wants to pay 1 years rent up front!
I have a potential tenant that would like to pay the entire years rent up front. I have already screened tenant through an online service and was wondering why would tenant give me over 15k instead of paying monthly...
Jon Holdman
timeshares
No, not selling timeshares. A real question about them. I've never seriously considered timeshares. I've worked hard in numerous places to avoid timeshare salesmen. Amazingly, the same techniques that work with be...
Todd Merry
how helpful are property managers, really?
I'm new here and really like this site. All this talk about property managers makes me wonder. How many of you used property managers? I've heard their rates are usually 5-10%. I handle one SFR right now, but am l...
Joel Hollingsworth
Questions for the Sevier County cabin rental cabal
Hello world! First post on BP. Be nice.First, a quick note about me. I'm a formerly-retired lawyer (UT-Knoxville law school) who is now practicing again primarily for the purpose of rebuilding an investment stash I lo...
Pam Smith
Schedule E - filing as non-passive income
Hi all-I was reading one of the blog posts on the Short Term Shop blog about Schedule E vs C, passive vs non-passive. In the blog, they reference, "According to Treasury regulations, vacation rental owners who rent th...
Account Closed
Emerging Buy+Hold Markets in Massachusetts
hello everyone,I am about a year away from graduating school down in southern MA and am currently saving every dollar that I can to start my investing journey with a bang! My parents and I are investing in the Fall Ri...
Michael Guydish
Land investing for cash flow.
Is there anyone out there that has bought land to hold and thought of creative strategies to turn that land into cash flow? I have heard people making a killing with airstreams/rvs on land and airbnb, renting the land...
Akeem Moreno
What would you guys do with $10000 for a first time home buyer?
Any suggestions on how I can use $10000 to start of my real estate journey?
Matthew Davis
Champaign Illinois too high to buy?
I’ve partnered with an owner of quite a few properties in Bloomington and Decatur. Together him and I own a 32 unit just outside Decatur, and it’s doing well. I have a few more units in Urbana that do ok, but not kill...