John Cushing
Meeting with a hml for the first time
So this Tuesday I'm meeting with a hml for the first time. I asked if we could meet so I could ask a couple of questions about the process. I have my little list of questions to ask but just in case I'm forgetting any...
Demetrius Morros
Birmingham, Alabama Real Estate Investing Meet Up
We are having a Meet Up for Birmingham Real Estate Investors. It will be on 11/12/13 at 7 p.m. and the location is 237 Oxmoor Circle, Suite 106, Birmingham, Alabama 35209. This is at a real estate office of a fr...
Sanjay Patel
Foreclosing on a LLC borrower who has filed for bankruptcy?
The scenario is the following:as a private lender, I have a 1st lien on a property (in washington dc) to a borrower who is an LLC - and unable to make payments. I am going thru the non-judicial foreclosure process to...
Kip Cline
Should I be a real estate professional status for tax purposes?
What are the downsides of electing to be treated as a real estate professional for taxes? Would this make my real estate rental income become active income instead of passive? Is this taxed differently? I do not have ...
Justin Dao
Understanding California Rent Control
Hey BPers,
I wanted to better understand California rent control. I've read a summary of AB 1482, the 2019 California Tenant Protection Act, but just had a hypothetical question I wanted to ask to make sure I'm unde...
Corey Rippeto
New member from Cleveland, NC!
Hey everyone! I've made a couple posts already, but I never introduced myself, so I wanted to put myself out there anyway by letting everyone know that I am new to the BP community and looking forward to meeting/conne...
Dave Katz
Questions to ask Seller in Bankruptcy
I have a meeting with a very motivated seller on Thursday who filed for bankruptcy in January. Before I can analyze this deal I feel like I need more info, and need authorization to talk to seller's lender and BK tru...
Johnny Kula
Best search engine for multi-family properties
I've been using Zillow, but it's extremely difficult to find only multi-family homes. Is there a better engine that allows to only search multi-family properties? I don't have access to the MLS as of yet, so I'm stu...
Josie Foreman
Finding houses in a Hot Market
What is a good way to find houses in a hot DFW market.We have 5 houses which we found by driving neighborhoods looking for foreclosure notices.Any advice
Noelle Debruhl
STR taxes on AirBnB and VRBO
Does anyone have info on what happens to occupancy taxes collected by AirBnB? They automatically take a 10% charge from the guest for this but it doesn’t go to me. Secondly VRBO does not auto charge tax so I set it to...