My current property management company has been OK but they put in a clause in their contract that I MUST use their agent if I sell the property after a lease with them. It also guarantees them a 6% commission (I know...

Hey BP, hope everyone enjoys the end of the year and has a an excellent holiday season! A friend and I were discussing the new tax plan and how it will affect our respective small businesses and real estate investment...

Hi All,Are there any rules to raising the listed rent price after it has been listed and you've received applications on the property?  I think that the rental estimates are too low for the amount of interest I've rec...

My accountant told me to switch from a single to multi member llc for beneficial tax purposes.
I was planning on adding my wife. The problem we have now, is we are applying for a mortgage in her name only. The one pro...

I was in the military last year(2012), and recently got out so some important aspects of my residency status will be changing and I'm trying to prepare for those early.

I'm originally from FL and invest there, and b...

Hi BP community, I need some advice.
Through advice here, my wife is a real estate professional starting 2 years back. But some of our properties are jointly owned. 
We have not been claiming losses from those prope...

As a landlord with on-going small projects a lot of paperwork is generated and before you know it,, you fall behind and become a victim of your own success, I’m looking to develop new techniques and processes to updat...

I recently moved one of my rental properties into an LLC to protect my personal assets.  When I filed my taxes, my tax agent said that I must file a 1040C for the LLC and that the 1040C does not protect my personal as...

Move, NAR sue Zillow and Errol Samuelson

According to court documents filed in the State of Washington, a lawsuit has been filed by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Move, Inc. (operator of realt...

We are planning to transfer an investment property into an LLP at our cost basis. Are we required to file a 1099-S for our contribution of the real estate to the LLP?  Given we are transfering into the LLP at cost bas...