If tax and insurance are variables that can increase year to year - do you allocate reserves for that or is that what cash flow buffer and rent raises are for? what events can cause a big jump for those?

Here is the Capital Gains Tax Rate map by state under the new tax proposal! You must invest in the very best CPA going forward...Most states levy their individual income tax rates on long-term capital gains and qualif...

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My family and I are moving from Los Angeles to Honolulu early next year.
We own our heavily-renovated, very nice 2BR/2BA with detached office space in the highly-desirable neighborhood of Silver Lake.
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I have a rental SFH and my current renter isn’t taking good care of the lawn and landscaping. There are weeds all over and lawn isn’t watered properly. I am trying to figure out the best way to get this sorted - do I ...

It looks like if landlords want a credit report that gives full details and a 10-year history would use Experian, and I think an Experian report is only $25 bucks and that are what I heard, and you must sign up to pul...

Hi all,I have 5 units and will have the ability over the next couple years to scale some.One thing that is holding me back is the time commitment on maintenance between little issues that wouldnt really make sense for...

Looking at a single family home I could by for an awesome price but it is on a lot which is over an acre, located in the city.  I have one rental currently with a small yard and tenant mows it and supplies mower.    P...

I have several 11 rentals with state farm …and each rental has its own insurance policy. I have been recently quoted an insurance policy from American Family that would include all rentals on 1 insurance policy. The c...

I just sent out my first batch of letters today =D I was listening to Show: 71 and noticed that Philip touches base about 5 times in 5 months.

So how often and for how long do you continue to send out a lett...

HI bigger pocket members!I am slowly growing my real estate empire. I have an accepted offer in on my first multi story commercial building. It has 3 floors with offices totaling about 20,000 sqft. This will be my fir...