This is probably a bonehead question but I've been talking to some spec home builders and they are paying taxes on all profit from a spec home at personal capital gains tax rate. A heavy hit on a big project. I'm just...

Good day all,I am looking at putting together a list of ways that people have gone about forcing equity/value in their properties.  To start the ball rolling, I like adding a unit/income stream where there wasn't one ...

I kind-of understand what notes are, but as a Millennial I'm prone to distraction and misunderstanding if the exact answer I'm looking for isn't immediately found on one of the first three links Google provides. We ar...

My husband and I were out looking at investment properties all morning, as we are in the identification phase of a 1031.  We looked at a very nice brick apartment building. It has a nice, aluminum-sided, 3-car garage ...

So I own a duplex and the two tenants do not get all at all. One tenant is the issue, the other is not. The trouble maker tenant owns a car that she parks in the car port, the other tenant does not own a car, but the ...

I've been appraising since 2005, and have done a little investing with great results. I've purchased 2 distressed properties that I have lived in for a few years while remodeling and then sold for a great profit. I am...

Hey BP Community. For those who operate STR / MTR, do you have any additional damage insurance outside of what's offered through Airbnb? If yes, what provider do you use? Any insights are appreciated (:

This last November marks one year of being a land lord. What I need help with is what can I write off for my taxes outside of the normal office space write off, portion of the utilities, gas mileage, computer write of...

E.g. You buy a $100k house that has cap rate of 10%, so $10k cash flow.Since you adjust 3% per year for inflation, after 15 years your income is doubled to $20k, yet the asset price is still only $100K, so now you hav...