David Ivy
Mid-Year 2018 Market Report
The June/Mid-Year 2018 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR). The Austin area displayed strong, steady growth in the first half of 2018. Tight housing inventory and high ...
Jerry Puckett
REO, Wholesaler, or Direct Marketing?
Hi Everyone,
Recently I've been asked by the Fort Worth Hope Center to assist with their Real Estate program. I am trying to determine the best course of action with the resources at hand.
While we are attracting so...
Todd Groom
No record of rental income, accountant refusing to accept income.
I have a friend who owns one rental property and rents out a few rooms in his home. He is allowed to rent at least one room in his home legally per county rules. When he tried to report the income to his accountant wh...
Tony Tran
Maintenance Every Other Day
BP Family,Have you ever had a tenant that always calling you to do a maintenance? Or consistently finds a problem for minor repairs? What have you done differently to reduce the numbers of complaints that something th...
Bryan Hancock
Do You Carry Your Properties At Historical Cost Or Mark Them To Market?
When you do your accounting for your PFS, business books, etc. do you carry the projects at historical cost or mark them to market? If you mark them to market how do you determine "true" market value without cheating...
Stephan Nemeth
Short term rental tax planning
Hey BP,I have converted a couple long term rental units to short term in 2017 and plan to convert several more in 2018. I was hoping to get in touch with a CPA to work on some tax planning for 2018 as well as get a b...
Alan C.
I would like to start investing but I am not sure of what I should do.
My wife and I would like to buy our first home together and have it renovated to our liking. We would also like to invest in real estate as soon as possible. However, we had filed chapter 7 bankruptcy and August wil...
Jake Thornton
How to get cash out my primary residence
So I've been looking to take some next steps in real estate investing. I bought two STRs last year which are cash flowing nicely, but now I'm looking to some more long term deals using the BRRRR strategy. I have about...
Zachary Pesicka
SFR Development Timeline
Development is something that scares off a lot of great real estate investors because of the unknowns and the complexity of the different phases. It is not something to be entered into lightly since it is complex, but...
Yang Xiao
New member from Indianapolis, IN
Hi, everyone. I'm a new member here. It's exciting to find so many like-minded people here.
I've been in the real estate business for 6 years. I work as the Director of Sales and real estate broker at Sheals-J...