Peter J Donaldson
Yet another 2 out of 5 year Primary/Rental Ratio question (sorry)
Ok, I have read all the IRS publications and seen many forum answers on this basic subject and I THINK I now have an answer from IRS publication 523 but would like confirmation if possible as I think I have a quite ra...
David Banker
Flight path to FI question
I am attempting to lay out my financial path to semi-retirement (i.e. leaving my current w2 for something less time consuming/more enjoyable) within 10 years or less.I can identify my family's spending now and what I ...
Kana Watanabe
Newbie based in California looking to invest out of state.
Hello!
This is our first post. We're very excited to be here. Neither of us (my husband and I) work in real estate but we've always wanted passive income from "buy and hold" rental properties. We're interested multif...
Chad U.
Impending Commercial Real Estste Collapse
I think there will be bloodbath in commercial real estate, not so much in residential. It's already started. The WSJ reported this week that RBC bank was trying to fire sale $600B worth of property this week that it...
Derek Patch
The Home Depot- PRO TIPS From a PASA
Who am i?Derek P.What do i do?I am currently employed with the HD as a PASA, A PASA is a Pro Account Sales Associate. What do i know? Everything any real estate investor of any type should know.What will you learn her...
Christian Bateman
Duplex Analysis Help Tacoma WA
I'm looking at a duplex right now in Tacoma WA, the central Tacoma/Hilltop area that is two units both 4 beds 1.5 baths, both units about 1,125sqft. It's listed right now at $239,000 and four months ago was $289,000. ...
Clayton Murray
Investing in New England?
I have moved around quite a bit, and always find myself back in New England. I am a young entrepreneur with family in New England and am very excited to start investing. As the reality of my first investment home gets...
Anthony Gayden
Lack of Sympathy
I started this thread because someone called me cruel for putting a tenant in eviction proceedings during the holiday season. This is after this tenant has paid me late for the last 6 months straight, and owes me over...
Todd Powell
BP post got me fired!
5 months ago I posted about creating $7000 of additional cash flow in a 4 year period and I also mentioned wanting to hang up my high paying W2 job. Further, a month later I posted about Oregon rental laws in March du...
Conway Churaman
With what you know now and forced to start over, what would you do with $30,000?
Yes, I've been mostly lurking these past few months as I try to deal with situations preventing me from focusing on REI without distraction. In the meantime, I need ideas to chew on until then. So this question is ...