Care Anne S.
How to determine if a neighborhood is good or bad?
Hey everyone!If you are looking to buy out of state for buy and hold properties, how do you decide if a neighborhood is 'good' or 'bad'? I've tried looking at areas via Google street view, but I know that's probably n...
Solomon Oh
Returned letters from Direct Mail Campaign
Dear Fellow Bp'ers-What a start to 2017! Decided to pony up the money to start marketing consistently for the next 6 months and hit my area hard with mailers. I've sent out 600 letters for the month of January and rec...
Jeff Metzger
LLC for rental property?-Still undecided
Good afternoon BP Members,I am in the process of acquiring my second buy and hold long term rental investment property. I am still undecided on whether or not to start an LLC at this point. For my first property, th...
Joshua Acosta
Advice For New Agents
Hello everyone,I'm a new agent here in Los Angeles looking to network and chat with all of you.What advice can anyone give to new agents, where to get started, how to lead generate, etc. Thank you in advance!
LuAnn Vigen
installing central air/ raising rents
My tenant is requesting central air be installed this summer. We agreed to check into installing central air this spring when the sign the lease last fall, with the knowledge that the rent would increase if we did in...
Skyler Taylor
New member from greater Kansas city area
Hello everyone. I am Skyler Taylor from Overland Park KS a suburb of the Kansas city area. I stumbled on bigger pockets back in February of 2014 when I was looking into how to do a 1031 exchange. I have been following...
Dorothy Monette
Best City/State to invest in?
My head is spinning. I've spoken to several people and I just don't know which way to go. I need to put a property on the market next month and do a 1031 exchange. Once sold and after fees and expenses, I will need to...
Daniel Serrano
Transfer title from personal to LLC
Hello all, I recently started investing in real estate which is probably the greatest decision I’ve made. I reside in Orange County, California and rented my primary home which I’ve owned for a little over two years n...
Pam Smith
Schedule E - filing as non-passive income
Hi all-I was reading one of the blog posts on the Short Term Shop blog about Schedule E vs C, passive vs non-passive. In the blog, they reference, "According to Treasury regulations, vacation rental owners who rent th...
Charles Granja
Owners title insurance
Does anyone have any data on what % of properties have issues with title during a 5-7 year hold? Or any data that they can bring to the conversation that supports the decision on obtaining owner's title insurance? (Li...