Greetings BP'ers,Can you name some of the most cost effective strategies you employ to ensure forced appreciation on your properties? Thank you for your time!

In a small town full of dilapidated homes, my family is trying to buy property and improve the town, one house at a time. We plan to remodel the homes and rent them as demand for rentals is on the rise. One of the pro...

When would a duplex be considered placed in service? I purchased it in July and had one apartment rent ready immediately. The other apartment required repairs and improvements and was ready in October. Would the place...

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I've been a member of BP for a while, however I have not posted much until today. I wanted to say; I am so thankful for the podcasts and information available here. It truly has been life changing. I have m...

Hi everyone,I'm trying to find the owner of a vacant property whose last owner is listed as a church. After visiting the state website, the only church listed in that name ended over 9 years ago. I've tried calling th...

There are a lot of ways to get in touch with motivated sellers. You could try direct mail, sms blasting, bandit signs and of course Cold calling. I want to improve my cold calling abilities and improve my efficiency w...

I bought my fixer-upper last March, and it took until November before it was ready to show, i.e. place "in service."I asked prior, if the insurance had to be capitalized or if it was an expense, and @StevenHamiltonII ...

Hoping to gather some opinions. For SFH's that are LTR's (home values approx. $280k with land value backed out) what are the advantages and disadvantages to conducting a cost segregation study when bonus depreciation ...

Anyone having any recent experience with any of these programs? I'm testing both right now to manage my 42 units. I did a search and it seems like the last few topics on the subject are pretty dated.

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One of the things that I've done in the past is to pool my properties of small multi family along with other landlords to cut the cost of servicing them or improving them.  I want to try to grow this group even larger...