Ralph McDaniel
How to Avoid Capital Gains ?
I listened to a BP pod cast last month and someone said if your business is to flip homes, you do not need to pay capital gains tax for less than 12 months. I mentioned this to my CPA and they were not aware of any s...
Donald Jaronsky
Selling my 5.5 acre property with 8000 sq ft barn to start my real estate journey
Hey guys, I have a 5.5 acre property in blairstown NJ. I was running my landscape construction business out of it. I have a 8000 square-foot barn with 1/2 bath and it is plumbed for another half bath on the second lev...
Shiloh Lundahl
What is your FAVORITE STR/AirBNB?
We just finished setting up our Costa Rican short-term rental (well almost, we still need to hand the curtains and the wall art). Anyway, I am super excited so much so that I wanted to create this post to see what you...
Katrina Villasin
Long term vs Short term rentals
Hi! I've been looking into real estate for a while now and I'm finally ready to learn and jump into it. Before I do though, I want to know which route I'm taking- long term vs short term rental properties. For all exp...
Brendan Connolly
Bunk Beds or No Bunk Beds?
I am setting up an STR this year in a single family house in Ohio City (right outside downtown Cleveland). The house is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath. I was thinking of having the following setup in the house: Room 1: Two queen...
Sarah Miller
Check out my Chart of Accounts please!
I am a data guru/excel junky and part of my professional gig is building automated tools using Excel and Access and lots of coding and macros. I have built a simple (in my highly automated subjective opinion) excel s...
Stephen G.
Adding a basement unit to an Oakland duplex
About a year ago I purchased a duplex in North Oakland and have been successfully house hacking it. The upstairs units rent pays the mortgage and a little extra, so I'm really only on the hook for a portion of the tax...
Scott Lewis
So many ESO applications, should I just allow pets?
It seems about 90% of my inquiries on a rental include a “ I have one or more ESO’s”. It used to be a trickle here and there, but now it’s just about everyone. It’s more the college age crowd where everyone has an ESO...
Sean Spitzer
Cost of development for 3.5 acre residential lot
This may be too broad of a question, but I was hoping for a little bit of guidance on the cost of clearing, grading, subdividing, cutting in a small road, running water, gas, electric, etc. I want to approach a couple...
Beth Collingz
Condotel Investments in the Philippines are Better
Condotel Investments: Not Always a Smart Idea in the United States !
Even with record room rates, owning your piece of the condo-hotel business in the United States might not be so profitable, experts are saying. Yet...