I am currently in the process of purchasing a Duplex with an FHA 203k limited loan.  I am house hacking the property, and I am less than two weeks out from the closing date.  When purchasing the property I decided to ...

I purchased a commercial building in December of last year and it was 75% occupied (25% vacant area). In the last 3 months, I have invested some money to make improvements to the property, especially the cosmetic look...

Hey BP, I'm relatively new to the community. I picked up real estate when I was 20, did a house hack (didn't know that's what it was called at the time) and flipped it under a year to move out to the West Coast. Now (...

With the 1031 exchange Do you run numbers as usual on “like kind” properties and then present them to a lender?How would that work being that I wouldn’t need the purchase and renovation cost to be covered completely b...

Hi all,wondering if anyone can shed light on how to sue a self-directed IRA properly? We were in a purchase contract for a property titled in a self-directed IRA.We canceled but the "owner" (beneficiary of the IRA) re...

Urbanization is the growth of cities into the surrounding suburbs and the transformation of once rural areas into cities. Urbanization is here and it’s here to stay. In fact, more than half of the people on Planet Ear...

My property manager just sent me rental statements.  She charges an agreed management fee.  However every month since i hired her in January she has added erroneous, unauthorized non-disclosed fees which she takes out...

I have two duplexes that are new builds in Texas and getting ready to protest the taxes on both as they are prospoing both have increased in value. I have three questions around this:1) when there aren't any good comp...

I have been presented a four plex on the market listed for 70k. The problem is that it was ruined with flood damage. According to the realtor the damaged areas were removed, dried out, and mold inhibitor was sprayed t...

I have a property I am interested in selling which has a tenant in place who is current on the rent and has lived in the property for a couple years.  The tenant has no idea I am considering selling the property and I...