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Happy 2024 BP Compatriots! Congrats, you made it 😉.
First post of the new year, where if you haven't read one of mine in the past, I do a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. Plu...
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So, to those who say they just use an application being incomplete as a way to reject an applicant you don’t want...doesn't that anger people A LOT that you didn't give them a chance to complete the application?I have...
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Considering on whether I should stop buying properties (MFH) with the expectation of further price drops.
What do y'all feel? is the opportunity, on average, is shrinking (a.k.a. buy now)Â or expanding (wait a bit)?
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Hello,Quick question. A potential tenant has told me she has not paid a pet deposit in the past due to it being a service animal. She has given me a registration number for the pet.Should I attempt to collect a pet de...
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I keep getting text messages to "Cynthia" regarding selling 7142 W Colter St. Does anyone know what database or service is being used to send these? It must be a fairly commonly used one, as I get several messages p...
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1. Coronavirus and Market Instability
Many of you are aware that I work at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and I invest in the large (100+ unit) multifamily space. This puts me in a unique position to see how ...
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I first wanted to thank all the BP Members who had previous posts that were informational to me, with the added personal thank you to the following members:
Jon Holdman
Mitch Kronowit
David Beard
J Scott
Nick
Mike S...
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Can anyone explain accelerated depreciation and when to use it? Any other awesome tax benefits to discuss?
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Bought a multi-unit rental on 2022, The Philadelphia school board now wants the property taxes to be revised. They want to assess the property taxes at the sale price, This will increase my taxed by 60%, has anyone fa...
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Hello,I have several SFRs that have lots of equity in them and I wondering if anyone used a method of cross-collateralization to pledge the equity as collateral, thus avoiding doing a cash-out refinance or HELOC. It s...