Though only in her thirties, Natalie Cloutier has built a nine-million dollar real estate portfolio with just eight properties. Her secret to success? The “build-to-rent” strategy that so many real estate investors wo...
Are we in a recession? Are we headed for a recession? No one knows for certain, but you can never be too prepared for an economic downturn. Are you saving money? Do you have a plan in the event you lose your job? In t...
Bryan P.
Assets and Liabilities
Had a thought/question about assets/liabilities...
Hudson Doyle
Unexpected Paper Profit Tax Liability
I bought a 2 family the end of 2012 and have now completed my first year as a landlord. My accountant recently provided me with my Schedule E tax return for 2013 and I was surprised to see that my taxable income i...
Melissa Harris
BUY AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY OR PAY MY 20K IN TAXES?
Hey BP family! I am really needing some advice on this and I hope that I can explain it well enough for you to be able to answer my question.So my situation is that I am self-employed (Realtor) and the last 2 years I ...
Steven Barros
How To determine FMV of a Mobile Home Park?
Hello Bigger Pockets,I am in negotiations with a mobile home park owner who is interesting in selling their park and I need a little help determining how to calculate a Fair Market Value of his property.All month to m...
Timothy C.
Avoiding LLC/Personal Finances Commingling
As I'm getting the foundation of by business started, I'm trying to take into consideration the tax implications as well as the legal implications of the money I spend. Since I don't know the answer to this questi...
Hud Malik
Buy and hold property
Just a question out of curiosity. I’m a novice investor trying to get good at the analysis report. My question is, Is it normal for expenses to go up when your house hacking ? Aren’t Expenses meant to decrease?
David K.
How to calculate rehab cash into buy and hold investments?
So I have become somewhat comfortable with straight-forward calculations for buy and hold investments. Things such as 1% rule; CoC values and ROI are now very clear; I also automatically add 5-7% vacancy and also roug...
Joshua D.
Mobile Home Park Help
7 Unit mobile home Park asking price of $ 240,000I would self manage and there are no park owned homes Lot rent is $300 a month $2,100 total monthlyProperty taxes are $1,300 a year Insurance is $500 for liability on ...