I was selling my flip property for $199k
I had the property appraised at $205k.
Once I had the property in contract with an FHA buyer, the bank sent an appraiser and she came in at $185k
In her appraisal she wrote tha...

I own a couple small commercial properties in a mixed used building in the SOMA area of San Francisco.  The top two floors of the building are apartments and the bottom floors are four commercial spaces,  I own two (8...

I wanted to get some opinions here. I own a duplex and one of the tenants has a punching bag stand for exercising in the backyard. Basically you punch it as you move around it. Problem is it forms a ring of killed ...

Hello BP, i'm relatively new and just starting to build some momentum with two cash flowing SFH rentals. I just got notice that after escrow analysis, the payments on each of my properties will be increasing by about ...

I've been looking for my first rental property in Buffalo, NY area and using the rental property analysis tool from this site to do evaluations.  I use estimates of 5% vacancy, 5% repair & maintenance and 10% cape...

There is a lot of talk in the real estate sphere this week about Zillow's entry into the wholesale market with their Instant Offer program starting its trial run in Las Vegas & Orlando."The industry is up in arms ...

Hello BP family!My questions are two fold.First question:I am looking at a house on MLS that is owned by the USDA (repo'd).  It's in a great area; just one block from a good middle school.  I want to pick it up as a r...

BP Friends,I was hoping you all could provide some guidance. I drove by my property a week ago and the front and side yard grass is dead. We have had a couple very warm months in Southern California and my suspicion i...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Kill Devil Hills.

Purchase price: $325,000

Cash invested: $25,000

3 bed, 2 bath beach box. Approximately 1000 sqft

Hey folks,
Would really appreciate some ideas from the forum CPA's, tax lawyers. My wife and myself are having full time jobs and work 50-70 hrs a week each that puts us in 35% pus federal tax brackets. I really like...