Po Hsiao
Can i switch from active participation to not active
I have read a lot about advantage of claim "active participation", but no article about any pros on NOT claiming active participation.I have placed a couple of properties in service in 2019 and will have a loss that c...
Jasper Cooper
Tax-advantaged Accounts for Real Estate Professionals
Hello,I work a normal job, and my wife is the real estate professional who helps manage our investment properties. Due to depreciation, we report negative taxable income from our real estate investments, which helps ...
Account Closed
Made $20,000 - Yes, it works But It's a little more spohisticated
You can Fix & Flip, you can Buy & Hold, you can do Tax LIens, you can do Multi Family - I was asked what I specialize in so here it is:I write this post to encourage those who want to be successful. Yes, it do...
Account Closed
two houses sold
My cul de sac has about 10 houses. Four houses have been for sale, two, for over a year, one for seven months or so (for the second time), one for about five months.
During that year there has been little activity reg...
Logan Clark
How to Create List for SMS Text Blasting
A lot of home owners still use landlines. My question is how do I filter out sellers who have landlines when I’m building a list to send an SMS Text blast to?
Tiara R.
Questions about renting owner occupied home
I purchased my home in 2016 after my grandmother passed away. I refinanced in December 2020. My boyfriend and I both own our homes and would like to move in together. I would like to rent my house and we would live i...
Don Petrash
Approaching a seller for a cash deal
Big Picture: Looking for the right approach to a distressed seller. Lots of job losses and foreclosures coming in my market. This is what I put in several "white letters." What do you think? How can I give a bette...
Oisin Milne
Attempt #2
ok, so this is the second time i have put in an offer on a property. I have found a 5 bed, listed at 450k...-----"Hello, my name is Conaire Hodgson and my friend and I are real estate investors, looking to move into a...
Rich Weese
no recession for the Feds!! What a great comparison
From Universal Press Service.(did anyone see this?)
A December USA TODAY anaylysis revealed that during the first 18 months of the recent resession, beginning December 2007, the number of federal employees with six...
William J Hodgson
New member and an introduction
Hello everyone, I just found BiggerPockets a few weeks ago and have jumped in with both feet. And as they say - I'm drinking from the firehose.
My story:
I’ve always ‘wanted’ to invest in real estate, but never too...