Hi there!  I’m a beginning investor and am trying to wrap my head around the tax benefits involved with real estate.  My main question is regarding depreciation.  My husband and I are high wage earners, so from what I...

Hello.  I'm going to keep track of my real estate activities in management of an STR, and will track the activities using an activity log. My question is - how do I prove in the time log that I performed a particular ...

I know acquisition time or commute time do not count for 500 hours material participation in rental properties but couldn’t find any regulation saying they don’t count for that 750 hours total RE involvement. if that...

I've done a rental analysis on a potential rental property where I'd be charging $4200/month and the monthly expenses have come to $3635(Mortgage, tax, insurance, vacancy, cap ex, maintenance, Manage, HOA). The report...

One thing I've noticed about comparisons of real estate strategies is that returns of very active forms of investing are often compared to very passive forms of investing as though the time invested does not have any ...

Hello! My mom owns 5 rental properties. She is telling, me since her and my stepdad make over $150,000, she cannot utilize tax write offs until they sell the property. She is claiming that the write offs will be used...

What are the best sites to look for foreclosures or distressed multi family properties. I used realtor.com and only found a few and they are either pending or slim pickings

Hey BP, just a quick question: What kind of expenses are needed to be paid in cash when purchasing a property? I know that there is the downpayment and closing costs (which include lender and third party fees). Are th...

Regardless of how predictable many elements have been, we are in turbulent economic times. It's more important than ever to invest wisely and earn strong reliable returns. For many years I have been posting on BP, as ...

Just looking for tips. We are a new company trying to break into wholesaling aspect of Real Estate and trying to figure out how to target motivated sellers.