Ethan Cupit
New member with burning zeal
Hello BP! I've always had a love for real estate. As a teenager, I would help my uncle rehab his multiple rent properties in Milwaukee, WI. A few months ago, my wife divorced me and took our 4 small children to Texa...
Andrew Hagmann
“Follow the Hipsters” and Other Early Market Indicators
Hi everyone,
A few weeks ago I attended a local investors meet up and one of the presenters said something interesting when asked about areas of the city that he thinks will produce strong rental property investments...
John Buchanan
house hack Duplex, how to handle improvements on my side
I recently bought a duplex that Im house hacking, living in one of the units. its a fixer upper and both units need considerable work. at some point in the future, I'll move out and rent the unit Im living in. ive s...
Dustin Jones
EOZ 30-months substantial improvement clause
I'm confused by the general summaries I've researched in regards to the timeframe of when you must improve the structure value of a property within an EOZ
The IRS website say
"A46. Property is substantially improve...
Jimmy Chou
Website, Adwords, and Long-Tail Keywords
My previous website was created via Wix and is about a year old now. With that site, the only way I used to drive traffic to it was through an Google Adwords campaign with a budget of $5/Day. Which has given me a coup...
Nick Janovich
My head hurts from thinking about tax methods.
As my first year of real estate investing winds down I'm starting to think of pending tax preparations. I had a lot of questions, found a few answers, and am generally left with more questions. I purchased two propert...
James Park
NYC couple: Seeking 2/3/4 unit starter property (~$600k, Bronx)
Hi all -This is Chris and Angela - we're excited to meet everyone! We're new BP members looking for a 2-, 3-, or 4-unit starter property in Bronx. Our price limit is approximately $600,000. We both work in midtown, an...
Scott McMillan
Depreciate or Repair
My SFH became vacant for the first time in 6 years this month and I have been doing a lot of repairs. I do my own taxes so I am unsure about a couple of items are repairs and can be expensed or if they need to be dep...
Chastity Cortijo
Search function weirdness
Hello there!I have a question about the search function. What am I doing wrong? I type in my keywords.Press search. Get some results but the result are fairly old, so I choose "Latest" from the sort by menu. And I ge...
Brandon Ribeiro
Finding my first flip
So I found myself a financial partner that will pay 100% of the flip. However now I’m having trouble finding properties that meet the 75% rule. What can I do to improve my search? So far I have only been looking on ma...