Joseph Beilke
Bourbon and Whiskey?
This is really going to be off topic! Who in the BP community is a Bourbon and Whiskey drinker, collector or snob. I have begun to collect and really learn more about the art of Bourbon and have taken a break from r...
Cam Jimmy
My First BRRRR! With Pictures!
I have completed my first BRRRR successfully! It is a 2Br 1 Ba small SFR (Pictures Below). It took me about 4 months to complete this Rehab in from start to finish. I Hired out Most of the Big items : New roof, drivew...
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Tenants financial documents, references, are false. what can i do
Hello, my realtor found a tenant for me who appeared to have high income and great references. come to find out that all are falsified. she stated she worked for a government agency and that was false, reason I know ...
Account Closed
Cost Segregation Study
I got a call the other day from a cost segregation firm. He estimates that I can use bonus depreciation to get effectively $900k of depreciation in the first year. This is due to taking advantage of bonus depreciati...
Ricky Mai
The future of Airbnb
Hi,Are laws cracking down on Airbnb? I just heard on a BiggerPocket podcast that someone was killing it Airbnb. I got excited so I decided to look into it. Everything looked great in my area, Southern California, for ...
Chris Martin
DJT on taxes: "There’s nothing to learn from them." Agree or Not?
The quote in the title is from The Associated Press in 2016. Apparently, the government will release redacted DJT taxes soon. I don't know much at this point other than what NY Times wrote about in this article THE PR...
Thomas Murphy
Out of state investing - newbie RE investor
Hello everyone, for the past several months I have been passively educating myself on RE investing by listening to BP podcasts, reading through these forums, and analyzing some multifamily properties using the BP calc...
James G.
Duplex vs SFH why shouldn't I?
Why shouldn't I buy a duplex as a first time investor in Cleveland vs a Single family home? Assuming getting pre-approved and cash for the down payment isn't an issue what are the reasons to avoid a duplex?I assume it...
Ben Cohen
Help analayzing my house hack deal!
Hi everyone!After a lot of learning & reading I've made my first offer on a 4 family building in Brooklyn, here are the numbers:Price: 1.28M (FHA 3.5% downpayment = 44.8k, closing costs = 32k -> total money dow...
Aaron Caddel
Is a Listing Agent a glorified task rabbit? (not trolling)
I was just reading through the recent post asking for the TOP quality they look for in a real estate agent. The comments that followed were extremely depressing. They looked more like a list of soft skills most would ...