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I am an foreign investor looking to buy my first rental investment in Memphis. To get started I want to set up an LLC and ensure its setup properly to avoid getting double taxed in New Zealand. Any recommendations fro...
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So we have a prospective tenant we might rent to. She is friends with my family and they said they would def give us her approval and she passed Smartmoves background and credit check. The only thing im questioning is...
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I have a SFH for rent and have received a few inquiries from "corporate housing" specialists, which always seems like a weird way to phrase STR manager. I have done a bit of research and am wary of the pitfalls, but w...
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Hi my name is Terri-ann Morgan I am a behavior specialist who works with the disabled. My husband and I are also foster parents and my goal is to build a rental portfolio one to two properties per year and retire in t...
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I’m new to REI but have been passionate about it for years. Through BP I feel like I have direction on how to start and where I’d like to take my investments in the future. I live in an expensive area in Montgomery Co...
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The reason I am asking this question is that one of my cousins who is a listing agent out in South California says that A LOT of his time is spent just coordinating showing times for his listing properties. I am inter...
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Hello BP community! I've been an active listener/follower, inactive member for about 2 years now. I've spent the last 10 years working for a small startup company that no one thought would ever work out, and everyone ...
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Many people mentioned that it is strongly recommended to have a CPA as a part of the team. I started looking in my area and am a beginner of real estate investment.Would you please tell me the reasons to have CPA vs a...
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New member here from Los Angeles, currently residing in Anaheim, CA.I'm looking to network and gain more knowledge in buy and hold investing for monthly cash flow. I'm also interested in no and low money down investin...
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Thinking through the process of screening prospective tenants, and I wanted to get some input from other BP members. What are some good questions to use during the tenant screening process? (ie. non-obvious, trap ques...