Nicolas Pretelt
Bandit Signs outsourcing
Hi BP Community,
I wanted to find out your opinion on which is the best way to outsourced the putting and picking up bandit signs?
I am thinking of hiring someone to put them every Friday and to pick them up every s...
Melissa Harris
Starting a Property Management Company
I would like to know where in Bigger Pockets does it talk about how to get a property management company started, what are the basics and what books do you all recommend I start reading? I am a real estate agent and I...
Erica Nagle
Not using a GC?
We have our first project that will be closing in a couple of weeks. We learned the hard way that finding good contractors can be a challenge. No offense to the contractors out there! We are finding that many of the c...
Lisa W.
Lease renewal validity amid change in management
Hi there. In mid-November I 'fired' my property manager and resumed self-management of my duplex. The property manager had sent the tenant a lease renewal in October, to be returned by end of January. I recently pi...
Remon Rasho
I must be doing something wrong / 30 days in
It's been over a month now and although I am closer to reaching my first deal, I have not achieved a deal yet. I am still very hopeful; however I'm just not there yet.
My biggest challenge has been that I am very.......
Ali Samana
Bank Vs. 86 year old woman...(humor)
86-year Old Lady's Letter to Bank
Shown below, is an actual
letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman.
The bank manager thought
it amusing enough to have it published in the New York
Times.
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Jack B.
Greater Seattle area Real Estate market: is it going to cool down?
This is kind of a two part question. I own property in 98404, 98002 and 98038. I have under contract a house in 98042 which has seen a 14% increase in prices since this time last year according to Trulia.I am having s...
CJ F
Does the IRS compare tenant/landlord tax returns?
For example, if I state on my return I made 21000 for the year from a duplex, while one tenant says they paid 12000, and the other tenant says they paid 13000. Anyone know if the IRS computers go through and compare ...
Curtis H.
Capital Gains Question
Hello all, Interesting scenario where I'm curious what the tax implications would be. Sister puts house in her name for a sibling, lives in it for the first 3 years, then moves out. Sibling continues to pay mortgage f...
Corey Demuth
How does Depreciation Work?
can someone explain how depreciation works in a nutshell, and how it helps your taxes?