Brian Black
Cost of Management options - looking for creativity & options
As we are growing I am considering asking my property manager to cut his fees. He is awesome. However, we also need to cash flow and are bringing value by the number of units under management. How is everyone else han...
Eric Blackford
Getting your agent to be truly on your side
If you haven't heard about the Freakonomics bit on real estate agents and how their incentives aren't aligned with yours, watch this 3 minute video here to get some insight into the problem.https://www.youtube.co...
Tomas Calvino
Should I charge pet fee again with lease renewal?
Hello everyone,Hope you are having a productive day! Just have a quick question about lease renewals.The lease on my first rental property is coming to an end and my tenants already decided that they wanted to stay an...
David Ginn
My Contractor is Killing All My Profits
One of the biggest things that you have in a flip project or even a buy and hold project is your contractors. A lot of times one of the things that people will say is, “I'll just go do the work myself,” well you got a...
Amir Khan
Have you done out-of-state/town STR for at least 5 years?
I've never done STR but have plenty of experience with LTR. While I understand the fundamentals of STR, I would like to understand bit more. If you have done STR as out-of-state and/or out-of-town investor for at leas...
Kimberly Peticolas
New Book!!! Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor
BiggerPockets is excited to introduce its newest book, The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor!Taxes! Boring and irritating, right?Perhaps. But if you want to succeed in real estate, your tax str...
Michael Rossi
Guru Scam Words!
I've been around this business long enough to see just about every scammer out there. I've noticed that all of the scammers use certain words: Here's my list:
1. SECRET (the gurus have a secret alright. The secre...
Patrick Blankenship
VA refi for primary residence or 5% Conventional
Here we go- I will try and be concise. I live in Charlotte and own a home on a VA loan and am considering refinancing at 2.75% 30 yr fixed. Would only cut about $100 off current payment bc I have a 3.25%. Plan is to r...
Tiberiu Gurau
Bitcoin to Real Estate with 1031?
I'm expecting BTC to hit $250k in the next year and am wondering if its possible to transfer this into multiple properties to avoid capital gains and/or income tax (assuming I'm right about the price of BTC, of course).
Timothy Doenges
Solar Shingles - effect on RE Investing?
Hey all,
I was doing some reading on Tesla’s solar shingles (https://www.tesla.com/solarroof), and one of their selling points is that they can cut energy costs by 40-60 percent, and government incentives for solar e...