Joshua Loh
Questions as a first time landlord
Hi guys, have a couple of questions as a first time landlord.1) Do I need to pay taxes on my rental income? How do I report it? How does the IRS know how much I am renting my property out for?2) Can you rent out your ...
Aaron Akins
Giving Personal Loans?
Does anyone have experience providing personal loans to individuals with the intent of both helping out an acquaintance and making a return due to charging interest?In 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad', Kiyosaki mentions giving sh...
Mary Jay
Can a fishy accountant get you in trouble with the IRS? And how to prevent it?
Hi guys,I have a question for you:I have an acquaintance who went to jail for tax fraud. He says another big business came to town and wanted to buy him out, but he refused. So that business sent a couple of accountan...
Ronald Stephenson
Newbie from Wilmington DE
Greetings all, I'm Ron Stephenson pleasure to make your acquaintance. I'm currently invested in Wilmington, DE, through house hacking a 3 bedroom townhome with my college mate. In the upcoming year will be moving out ...
James Evanoff
New Member from the Tacoma, Washington Area
Hello BP community! I'm new to the RE investor world, but not new to RE. I was a realtor for 7 years in Pierce County Washington (Tacoma) and prior to that owned the largest RE magazine in the area. I have great ti...
Abena Sidibe
Newbie in Queens, NY
I'm a newbie living in Queens, NY who is more than ready to get started in real estate investing. A few things you'd probably like to know about me...I'm an educator who enjoys reading non-fiction books (coincidence?)...
Laura Sacandy
tax treatment of proceeds from sale of foreclosed property
I have a tax question regarding tax year 2018: In March 2017, I made a $75K loan to an acquaintance that was secured by a SF rental property. We created a 10% interest balloon note with no payments due for eighteen m...
Ralph Naval
Hello All! Newbie investor here, from California
Greetings to All and Happy New Year!
My name is Ralph Naval and I’m new to the REI world but very excited to be joining the BP family. I stumbled unto BiggerPockets as part of my journey to grow my knowledge in this...
Angela A.
Buying property after retiring
Does anyone know how difficult it is in terms of getting financing or qualifying for a loan to buy an investment property or vacation home after retiring (no W-2)?
Duke Marquiss
Paperscource symposium Las Vegas
Attending the conference for the third time. Getting acquainted with new investors, visiting with past acquaintances and meeting new funders. Very good educational meetings and all without a pitch session for guru s...