Tony T.
Inflation Coming Soon With Bailouts? - Where to Put $60,000 Cash
I have recently paid off my loans for my rental properties and I'm starting to accumulate cash (I took it out of the S&P 500 ETF when it was at 3300, now at 2300, predicting this massive stock drop would happen **...
Kyle Shankin
"Learned" something odd about 1031 exchanges
I'm hoping someone who's done a 1031 exchange before, or a CPA, can swoop in and drop some knowledge on me. I was over at my CPA's getting my taxes done and talking strategy for this year when the idea of a 1031 excha...
Sameer A.
Where to invest $500K over the course of 2020
Hello all,
I am new to the real estate investing world, but I have already benefited greatly from the Bigger Pockets community. I just started looking for deals 6 months ago, but Brandon Turner's The Book helped me ...
DJ Cummins
To LLC, or not to LLC, that is the question
Hello Everyone!
So we are trying to start getting our ducks in a row before we start shopping for our first property. I don’t want my wife and I to fall in love with a deal and jump on it before we have everything r...
Brenda Whittaker
Displacing Good Tenants if I Sell
Since out of state investors have infected my area and forced up property tax I can no longer afford to keep my rental. The tenants are very decent hard working great people who love the house but cannot, like most h...
Shazia Chiu
Tenant behavior...I cannot compute!
Hi BP. My husband and I own a fourplex and our neighbor/tenant has been paying rent later and later each month since she signed her lease in May. She is honestly not someone we would have rented to if we'd had control...
Brian Walters
The classic LLC question - but with a twist
We have all seen and read opinions on what people just starting in real estate investing should do in terms of creating a LLC to own and operate each property. Most of what I have read speaks to the opinions for youn...
Rob C.
Entity structure on out-of-state rentals and no CA franchise tax?
This topic is just in regard to California residents with properties *outside* of California. Assume a California resident sets up an out-of-state trust, which in turn is the only member (and manager) of an out-of-sta...
Jessica M.
Needy Tenant With Incessant Requests
Looking for advice from some experienced landlords!
In short, we have a tenant whose lease started July 1,2019. Since she moved in her requests and complaints have been incessant. From the initial walkthrough, leas...
Chris T.
Umbrella Liability Policy. Is it worth it?
I'm reading Dave Van Horn's articleMaybe You Shouldn’t Start an Entity. Consider 4 Alternative Asset Protection Strategies Instead.And it got me curious. Almost everyone suggest getting an umbrella policy since it's r...