I am about to close on my first duplex and will be living on one side (top) while renting out the other (bottom).Is there any reason to put the duplex in an LLC?Just have the rent made out to me and have a new checkin...

I am in State of Texas and we signed TREC Contract.In Section 7.B.2, we checked the box and the contract is executed, earnest money was left with title company. the text in that contract is below.Buyer has not receive...

The gravitational pull of interest rates according to Warren Buffett.  How does this affect housing prices?  must watch video for real estate investors.  click here for video of Buffett discussing interest rates 

Don't look now but mortgage rates have declined at an almost historical rate during the past month. Just 4-6 weeks ago clients purchasing second home or investment properties were being quoted in the 8%'s and even..gu...

Hello everyone, and thanks in advance for your answers!My wife and I are just getting started in REI, and want to make sure we are off to a solid start. We’re planning to form an LLC, taxed as an S-Corp. to that end, ...

Hello BiggerPockets community, we have been accepting payments from tenants using Zelle, Venmo and Paypal. Zelle and Venmo requires  tenants to have an American bank account. We can receive the payment INSTANTLY and F...

Here's another project we are just wrapping up and it involved so many "Firsts" for me I figured I'd share.  Most of the new construction I've done in and around Atlanta has been Infill teardown which didn't involve m...

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I realize this article is from a Utah paper and has a Utah slant, BUT read through the article. Actual # of homes in foreclosure jeopardy is expected to go from 2...