Hi BPs,Can you apply for home owners exemption with an investment property even if you never lived there? I guess the answer is no, but just wanted to know if the common practice could be different from my common sens...

Hey all,First time posting on here - I'm looking to house hack a single-family house/condo in the South Austin area, however I just learned that the city just approved a new homeless shelter to be built very close to ...

So I'm looking to buy my 3rd house but 1st Non owner occupied investment property. After listening to pod cast #54 I decided to see what homes under 80k looked like. I found a number of them to be on main roads thr...

I really didn't want to list anything negative on a thread today but they say three strikes and you're out. Here are my three strikes for the day.

one – Bank of America says they are going to close at least 750 branc...

I find it rather puzzling that our society has allowed the media to force us to abort one of our natural gifts in life – our ability to use common sense. While I continue to invest in real estate (I doubt if I will ...

Are there any capital gains taxes (or any taxes) for selling a property at the same price at which it was originally purchased? My common sense says no, but I could be wrong. Any insight is greatly appreciated.

I have a potential tenant applied for my room for rent. She disclosed to me that she has bad credit due to her past (unknown, didn't tell me more about it), only been at her current job for 6 months, and submitted 2 e...

Hey BP, I am an agent. I manage my own rentals, and thought of offering our tenants a "buy with me and ill tear up your lease for free" option. Does anyone see an issue with fair housing laws? 

This post is just a simple reminder that most will consider common sense or common knowledge. But as my brother reminds me, "common sense isn't so common." As most informed investors probably already know from the cou...

According to the property manager, it is not possible to obtain tiles of similar color any more, so the entire roof must be replaced. That’s just not make sense, spending 6k$ because a 10 years roof(perfectly fine by ...