Jason Evans
Sell my first house or rent it out?
I bought my first home (mobile home) 3 years ago with the intentions of fixing it up and selling it a few years later to make a profit. I bought it foreclosed on for 53,000 (424 a month) and put 2000 down. Over the ...
Charles David
Condo Association Board of Directors / Advice for new guy... ME!!
HELLO BP Family. Today the Condo Association I am a member of had the annual elections. I volunteered and got elected as the Treasurer of the Board. I have attended the annual meetings before but have never been in...
Jen Faulkner
Pros and Cons of Collecting Rent Electronically Via Named Sites
We've never collected rent electronically, but we'd like to start. I've heard of eRentPayments, PayLease, Dwolla, and PopMoney. For those of you who use these services, what are the pros and cons of each? Is there ...
Jill Johns
Creating a website
Hi there. So I've (we've) been a member here at BP for a couple weeks now, but I've kind of been MIA for the last week or so. I've finished reading the Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and I'll soon ...
Jeff S.
Budgets in LLC
Do any of you do budgets and financial statements annualy with an annual meeting for your LLC's?
Am setting up an area specific LLC and will transfer a property into it. Looking for feedback on how far you go with sm...
Cliff Kelley
How to Connect with Chinese Investors?
I know a lot of folks in China are looking to get their assets secured in the US, and I see deals all the time that American investors may not jump at that would fit international buyers' criteria perfectly. The probl...
Michael Prakash
Turnkey Properties still not rent ready
In July this year, I invested around $160,000 for 3 single family turn key homes in Farrell and New Castle, Pennsylvania with a foreclosure company. To date the properties are still not rent ready It is close to 6 mon...
Jason Williams
Tax Attorney & CPA for Real Estate and Small Business - CA
Hello All,I am looking for a tax attorney and CPA in the Bay Area. I have started looking into rental properties in IL and Tx and I need help on how to structure these entities. In addtion, my wife owns a graphic desi...
Jennifer M.
Anyone use Evolve Vacation Management Co.?
We have a farm in the NC mountains with 4 vacation rental cabins. Our local rental management company take 25% and we pay for all listings on VRBO/Homeaway/TripAdvisor/Flipkey, photos, videos, etc. They only take 10% ...
Silvia B.
How do you handle your criminal background/credit check fee?
My tenants of 3 years will be moving and I will be going through the application process again. I was thinking that I would begin to process the basics of the applications first : verifying employment, income and pre...