I currently am investing in single family rentals. I hold all of my properties in one LLC. The other day a woman threatened to sue me for discrimination ( I denied her because she had ZERO source of income at the t...
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I'm just curious, do most of you keep your day job and invest part-time, or REI is your full-time occupation? If you still work a normal full-time job, when and how much time do you need for your investing?
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Hi, Purchased a foreclosed property, ready to rent n 10/15/07
I redid most things...
Here is how I planned on depreciating, but called IRS to ask a question, and they seemed to imply that all of these should be adde...
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Good Evening Pro-Member Community,I am a new to real estate investing, but have spent all my free time on educating myself. I have decided to pursue the buy and hold rental property strategy, and am looking for some g...
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I'm in Houston TX area. I have 3 real estate businesses I started 3 years ago. 1) Sole proprietor Fix and flip business: doing 15+ properties per year all cash with 6 to 9 properties in inventory. 2) Sole proprieto...
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Hi All, I was doing some networking over the weekend with a person who made big in the Commercial real estate (retail) and he suggested me that, first advise I can give you is, don't deal with people/ rentals. Because...
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Wanted to get some informal BP feedback on legal entities, and realize this is not legal advise. I wanted to learn more about setting up legal entities for REI. After finding a mention of a law firm which specialize...
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Hello BP community, just checking in with the group for any tricks of the trade with portfolio management or accounting systems being used by note investors. I use QB Desktop Pro for all my accounting and it seems to...
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Or do you hire a CPA?
I have always done my own, even since I've been self employed... but I am thinking that if I create an LLC and start doing deals it will probably be a good idea to get a CPA.
What do you think?
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Thought it would be fun to see what credit card you guys like for your real estate business. I am not a flipper, I am only looking for a card to use solely for my RE business expenses (buy and hold), nothing else. Boo...