My little next door vacation rental..La Casita is available for short term rent beginning next week.  In the pictures in the advert you will see almost the whole house is floored with Allure vinyl plank flooring.  Eve...

Hello fellow BP members,

I just made an offer on a 4-unit residential property in SC and I want to know if I am looking at this deal the right way?

Here are the stats:

Purchase price: $24,000

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We're about to sell our first property and move on to something with better cashflow and I'm considering whether to just pay the taxes or protect the equity with a 1031 exchange.  Holding our first property has paid o...

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When converting a property from personal use to a rental property, I understand you use the lesser of the adjusted basis (AB) or FMV. I've looked at comparable sales in the neighborhood at around the time of conversi...

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So at the moment, I do the following for lead generation:
- Direct Mail (handwritten letters)
- Website I would like to diversify my business as much as possible. What are some creative ways of lead generation? Ther...