Hi Everyone,I am trying to understand how the property gain taxes work in Maryland. I know I can use a 1031 to work around the taxes for a little bit but I will using a private lender so I don't believe that will be a...

Hello BP family, I have narrowed my decision down to invest in either Pittsburgh, PA or Indianapolis, IN. the difference between the two are that Indiana has a bigger population with 876k compared to 301k in Pittsburg...

Per usual, it's very rare that any of the listed categories fit my questions so I hope this is at least close.Anyone struggling with the decision on whether to sell your rental properties or not as you get near retire...

Hello! When analyzing a vacation property, I have been looking at comps on AirBnB, VRBO etc, and using 150 days/year, to figure out the rental income.  Do people do that, or use the monthly income, like a LTR, using t...

I recently met with a financial advisor who wants to win my business.  The conversation was on the whole very good as there were some things that I hadn't considered that my wife and I need to tend to in order to shor...

Hello BPers,I'm a former real estate agent. My current job is taking care of my kid and trying to make my house make me more $. My goal is financial independence for my family in 5 years. We live pretty simply, so we ...

So a good COC return is a lot easier to obtain when using leverage.  When purchasing all cash on the same deal it's a lot more difficult to get a similar COC return, the numbers aren't even close.  If purchasing all c...

Hello BP Community!
I'm Bill from San Diego.  I've made a goal to purchase my first real estate investment this year.  I'm still learning about different strategies, markets, etc. from podcasts, books, and the learni...

I'm considering investing with Grocapitus for the first time in their value add syndication in Chattanooga TN (https://grocapitus.com/funds/mtr/investor-kit/).  I read through a long thread from several years ago abou...

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some guidance on improving the performance of our short-term rental, and I’d really appreciate your insights. Here’s a quick breakdown of our financials:
Operational expenses (excludin...