Harman N.
Deducting vs Capitalizing Expenses: Impact on Financing / DTI?
Hi all,If you're aggressive about deducting repairs & improvements in-year on your taxes (as opposed to capitalizing over time), could that have a detrimental impact on DTI and therefore future ability financing a...
Robert Senefeld
Impact on distribution centers to local property values
I purchased a house in the Lacey, WA in 2019 that has seen steady appreciation recently but we are now seeing distribution centers popping up just miles from our house. The area we are in is still a premium and sough...
Robert M.
High utilization of HELOC impact on Credit Score
This has been discussed previously on Bigger Pockets and online, but answers are unclear (the online blog entries conflict wildly, see below for a couple of examples). I'm trying to get a handle on how much a high ut...
Kerry B.
How Much Does Wood Panel Walls Impact ARV
I am trying to decide between keeping wood panel walls or drywall. Drywall seems very expensive and we want to get a decent ARV. I am just unsure how much wood panel walls vs. drywall impacts ARV.
Sattir Bitti
Texas Property Tax doubled, now impacting cash flow
Hi All,Is it just me or everyone is feeling the pinch of increase of property taxes for investment homes in Texas? This year assessed value in particular has doubled for my duplex, that means my property tax for non-o...
Zack Thiesen
Impact of Credit Score on Refinancing with BRRRR
I have a property in California I've owned for 3 years currently in the sale process and looking to net around 120k after closing costs. I am younger and a carpenter by trade looking to get into BRRRR'ing out of state...
Mitchell Petras
STR Ordinances in Baton Rouge: Changes and Impacts
Howdy Tigers,Has anyone dealt with any headaches or unforeseen consequences from the new STR ordinances? I’m looking to get into the space but was curious how much of a deterrent the new rules are, or if they’ve even ...
Jayman Dalal
HB 1236 and impact on WA real estate
HB 1236 is being discussed in Senate soon. Here is a post on SeattleTimes summarizing the bill. Here are my thoughts on it. I wonder what other perspectives folks have? Does it make it harder to rent now?Pros- Puts mo...
Andrew Loa
Impact of Down-town Condo's -- Union City NJ
Hello all,I am curious what people's opinions are regarding the impact of new condo's coming to the downtown Union City NJ Area. I have identified 10 decent sized projects that are Proposed or Approved w/ most slated ...
Praveen Van
loan without impacting credit score/history (DSCR loan)
Hello BPs, I am newbie here and have a question related to DSCR loan. I own multiple rentals (with conventional loan types) and its getting tougher for my next big rental ($2M property) which I am going to purchase th...