Ramon Moreno
Agent / investor pros and cons
Hi BP Family ! it's been a while, I hope everything is going well for everyone . I was just curious how having your real estate license influenced you're investing. Is the trade off between liability and access wort...
Patrick Alcoke
Standing Out in a Crowded Market
Hi everyone. Looking to hear how investors are making themselves stand out in a crowded investing market. One thing we're doing is focusing on how to add non-monetary value add for our sellers. One thing we offer t...
Tyler Spry
Purchasing vs Being Gifted Family Property
Good morning, BP! My wife's grandmother has an out-of-state rental property that she has considered selling. It is a small condo valued at around $75k and has not been updated in over 20 years because she has a sati...
Julio Gonzalez
Tax Planning Considerations with the New Bonus Depreciation
As I’m sure many of you are aware of, bonus depreciation began its phase-out this year. Bonus depreciation has been a key element in the tax planning strategies for many businesses which allowed for a large portion of...
Geoff Duncklee
New Member Introduction
Good Afternoon BP members. I am new to BP and wanted to introduce myself. I am a real estate investor in South Carolina, but consider this a suburb of Charlotte. I am willing to work with the members here to increase ...
Matthew Banks
Property Insurance - deductible level, ways to reduce premium, student tenant policy
Hey, we own/manage a handful of rental properties. We have a very low deductible ($1k) and I'm wondering what the norm is/should be for a rental? We could likely get by with something far higher ($5-10k) and I imagine...
Jared Weaver
Any good audiobooks to gain knowledge of rental prop investing?
hi everyone, not to sure if this has been covered before and if so, I apologize. I do a lot of driving and was wondering if anyone had GLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS for an audio book that has helped them gain increased kno...
Chris Mason
Study: strongest predictor of being pulled over in a census tract
...owner occupancy.This is from [page 68 of their 353 page study](https://sparq.stanford.edu/opd-reports) which was about something non-real estate related.They were studying something off-topic for this discussion fo...
Brandon Sturgill
How do I Comp a Two House Property Purchase...
Looking at a deal currently with a main home (typical cape cod 3/1 1,200ft2) with a secondary house on the same lot (much smaller 768ft2)...the property is listed at a single price and comps on the main home show the ...
Josh Barnett
Tricks to increase home value on websites like Zillow?
I want to know if I am just crazy, or is there a way to alter your house value on websites like Zillow, realtor, redfin...We purchased our house in Colorado Springs in May 2018 ($313k). I regularly watched our house v...