I spoke to a company that works with my CPA that has offered to create me an irrevocable trust in order to reduce my passive income tax liability to zero, reduce my active income (real estate commission) to nearly not...

I'm looking into investing into rental properties and I've been reading a lot about return on investment. What's the average ROI do you look for when making a deal? Is it. 05%, .08%, higher? How do you even decide at...

I have an opportunity to invest in Killeen, Texas. I live an hour away. I'd like to hear from others who are investing there or who have information about it.

Thanks in advance,

Dan.

I am trying to refinance $970K for a duplex in Santa Clara county (Fannie/Freddie loan limits are $980,325 for two-unit properties) through a mortgage broker. The loan got approved and appraisal done a month ago on 2/...

What is the general concensus? Is there an official formula (if so - state source)

I look at each apartment (or individually rented unit) and determine how many days of the year were paid (meaning, I do not care if ...

Hello everyone :)This question may be tough to answer since different factors will always affect what a good deal might be. However, in a perfect world, where each unit is immaculate, A to B class tenants, no repairs...

Hello all!
My name is Phil, and I am a new member to BP. I've been learning about real estate investing for a couple weeks now and I'm slowly but surely working towards closing my first deal and beginning my real est...

I’m about to purchase a triplex with an investor. I’m wondering what the deal should be between the investor and me. I’ll be paying closing costs and down payment and the investor will be paying for renovations. We wi...

I've immersed myself in the bills for the commercial rate meters serving the hallways and basements of my buildings. PSEG uses some voodoo nonsense to calculate peak demand from the non-demand meter readings. They t...

Just noticed as I was looking through the online tax lien auction going on for Yavapai county in Arizona.

There are certificates that have over 7,700 bids! The most I've ever seen in the last three years has been 7...