How much weight does the tax assessor's valuation have when negotiating a deal?I'm interested in a single family home in my area listed for $105,000.  I checked with the assessor's website and the property has a "2016...

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Hello, My wife and I will like to have a do over. After years of her telling me that we should focus on investing in real estate as Buy & Hold investors, I have finally come to my senses. Our first property is a D...

I am an investor in upstate NY and I am wondering if anyone has a source for calculating the closing costs in NY. I guess NY is a different state in how we calculate the real tax prorations. Our property taxes come ...

Hi all, I am buying a lot and building a house under an LLC. Let’s assume that the lot costs 50K, I spend 50K to build the house, and that I sell the house for 150K. Within the same year, let’s say I buy 2 more lots f...

Hello everyone! Thrilled to finally have taken the jump to be apart of the BiggerPockets Forums! I am a 20 year old from Massachusetts, new but definitely thrilled to finally be able to make time for something I've al...

I am in Pinellas/Pasco (Florida) looking at these counties and surrounding area to make foreclosure purchases (my first).I am curious as what additional expenses I would owe once I win a property in auction. When desc...

Just getting educated about the process of buying an "assignable" tax certificate in Illinois and getting a tax deed if the buyer does not redeem. Just had a couple questions I was hoping someone could answer:1. I kno...

Hi everyone,I plan to attend a sheriff sale, in the coming weeks in some of the NJ counties. I have heard many stories such it rigged, or it's high risk if you have not done proper research before hand. I want to see ...

I have a LLC with my wife and I listed as members under the Articles of Organization. Does the IRS consider this LLC as a sole Proprietorship? Also, since it's a pass through entity, I don't need to file a separate re...