I've done a little reading on making trips/vacations tax deductible, but I'm still not totally clear.

I am going to visit an out-of-state turnkey provider as part of my due diligence process to meet them and see th...

BiggerPockets -Hello! My name is Jordan, born and raised in the Greater Seattle Area(Bellevue).  I originally joined this site back in 2012 but never posted.  A few years out of college I was finally able to pick up a...

Let's say you're going to buy an apartment building. It doesn't really matter what size, but just for this example, let's say it's a twenty unit building. The building is fully occupied, and the tenets are all paying ...

Our most recent purchase is our first single family residence, so we are still getting used to the different maintenance requests that we are receiving from the tenant.  Most recently, the tenant is asking for:1.  The...

Well, the upstairs condo did it again. Their pipes froze and burst and flooded my rented condo below them. All the carpet has been removed to cement floors. The lower 2 feet of the walls cut out. She has to kee...

I have a seller looking to sell is properly quickly due to living out of state. Currently it isn't occupied. He has chose not to sell on the retail market because the neighborhood is upscale and the property isn't in ...

I understand the math to the 70% rule in house flipping. (Conservative Market value after repairs X.70 - repairs). What I don't understand is where this 30% magically disappears to. I know that there will be closing c...

Happy New Year, everyone! A friend and I have very recently taken the leap into the REI world. Although we are currently in New York, my friend has spent a fair amount of time in Georgia and Florida recently, particul...

Hi! My name is Emily, and I'm a young professional in Boca Raton who just recently became interested in the idea of real estate investment properties and rentals. I came across The Book on Investing in Real Estate wit...

My partner & I (new to real estate investing) have been advised to pick a niche: homes for first-time buyers, “value-add” properties (those in need of work), foreclosure buys, tax lien purchases, etc.  That said, ...