Meghan Kolf
Sell or Rent- Fork in the Road! Help Wanted!
My husband and I are looking to start our investing journey. We both purchased houses (2018, 2020) and after we got married consolidated into one house. The plan had been to rent the other property and did significant...
Bapshil Fatal
First Time Home Buyer living in Queens NY
Hello,
This is my first time posting on this site. To give a bit of background, I'm a 28 year old NYC resident originally from Brooklyn and my family and I bought our very first home ever in Queens. I bought the home...
Omar Ruiz
Millennials Generation is a Renter Generation
According to Fact Tank at the Pew Research Center, 2015 will be the year the “Millennial” generation (Ages 18-34) will surpass the Baby Boom generation. As the numbers of Baby Boomers decrease, due to normal life expe...
Charlie MacPherson
Only one spouse signed a "view easement". Now what?
I'm trying to help a family member sell her house in Boothbay, Maine. There was an offer that blew up because of a defect in a "view easement". The buyer's attorney claimed that only one of the two spouses signed th...
Natasha Onochie
Proceeds from sale of home
Hi All, looking for some information on tax laws, as well as any guidance on how to protect the proceeds from the sale of my home from being eaten up by the IRS. Looking to use the proceeds to get into an REI deal (s)...
Sam Leon
Background screening do you use maiden name or new legal name for newly wedded?
I need to screen a couple, and I was wondering for the wife, if they have been married less than a year, and she is now going by her husband's last name, do you use her maiden last name or husband's last name?
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Seva Kotov
Tax advisor specializing in US - German real estate law?
Hi BP Community,Does anyone have a recommendation for someone who specializes in US and German real estate law (CPA, lawyer, etc.)? It would also be great to hear about any experiences people have in similar situation...
Chris Yarbrough
A newbie in TX.
Texas Vet. Married with 3. Love real estate and primarily focused on getting into the buy-and-hold game in any way that I can. I'm currently a systems engineer and and a DOD contractor. I have previous experience as a...
Frank Contreras
Feeling like taking the wrong action steps, what did you do?
Started taking action steps, in purchasing my first rental property. I have started off with; 1.Reached out to real estate agent and had him set me up with automated emails with properties with certain price and locat...
Joseph Roman
Should I refinance/cash-out?
Back in 2013 I bought a 1 bedroom condo downtown for $150k on a 5/1 ARM with 2.875%. I was single and living in it, and the idea was to pay it off very quickly then rent it out. I paid the loan down to $85k so far.H...