I want to buy a house 2.5 hours from my duty station. I watched my mom travel 3 hours to and from work (6 hours round trip) when ahe worked in NY and she wanted us to go to a good school in NJ so this is normal to me....
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Aloha BP! So I finally closed on my first rental property on Friday, December 22 after nearly 15 months of educating myself with content from books, YouTube videos and podcasts. The property is a small multi-family...
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Hello all,My name is Michael Holland and I wondered across the Biggerpockets pod cast on YouTube and decided to join the forum. I am 33 years old and a 14 year Air Force veteran. I was recently separated becaus...
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Not sure what forum this goes in but I have an interesting question. This doesn't involve me, but a childhood friend. I'm not sure what to tell him. Here is the scenario as simply as I can put it.* Used family member'...
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I was told by someone that I need to set up an LLC or S Corp to wholesale real estate. Im not too sure if that is necessary though as I will never actually have ownership of the house. Any info on the topic would be m...
So after a recent call w our amazing accountant he said something that hit me hard. he said after 40 years w his clients he's observed that its easy to get into real estate investing and much harder to exit real esta...
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Hello All, been a member of BP for quite some time now, but rarely participate. However, need some folks to chime in on this one. Have a renter, attempted eviction last year (6 months arrears), court ordered tax che...
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Presidential candidate Joe Biden plans is announcing a $775 Billion dollar plan to boost Child and Elderly care. It’s a decade long plan that will be paid for by reducing or eliminating 1031 tax breaks for real estate...
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