Steve Chenoweth
What's the best business entity for holding CRE???
I'm looking at a property in the Philadelphia area, I'm looking to rehab it, rezone it (it's SF and its location on a main road denotes commercial), and find tenants. I will probably have a few posts in here regarding...
Kai DeNeve
Purchase a home or investment property?
Hi everyone, I'm currently living in Calgary and looking to purchase my first home. I've been looking mainly at 2-bedroom condos in Vancouver since around April, and am really split on whether or not it's a good time...
Vincent Chen
Seeking tertiary market outside of the secondary market
As we all know,the 24-hour cities MSA (primary markets) might already expansion or go through correction process. So my strategy is to seek tertiary markets of the secondary markets.For secondary markets,I mean the so...
Matt Leonard
Would you swap oil furnaces for propane or heat pump in Maine
Purchasing a 6 unit property in Maine (cold, snow), 3 separate buildings, that has separate oil furnaces for each unit. All of the furnaces are 20+ years old and the tanks are corroding. There is no natural gas in t...
Scott Passman
Why are landlords being so singled out?!?
I have a hard time understanding why landlords are considered so different from other businesses and business owners. Even before COVID-19 came onto the scene, it has been a prevailing theme over the last year or two ...
Matthew Spiers
To Sell or Not to Sell - 4-Unit
Hey everyone, I don't post here as often as I should, but I've been mulling over something for far too long without asking for advice from actual RE investors. I currently live in Florida but have lived and invested i...
Pat Jackson
First "True" Long Distance Flip
My wife and I live in Reno, Nevada and invest in Missouri. Specifically St. Joseph and Maryville Missouri. St. Joseph is north of Kansas City, is a commuter city for many, but has a stand alone economy with many empl...
Allen Bannister
5% conventional house hack advice needed
I have never bought a house. I want to house hack using a 5% conventional loan. The triplex I'm looking at is listed at 130,000. Its in pretty decent shape other than some cleanup and foundation issues.
The 3 sty ho...
Jane Dang
New fence replacement on rental property is deductible or depreciation
Hi,My rental property is a single-family home. I had to replace the fences after a strong storm last year, which costed $4200 in materials and labor. Is it possible for me to declare it as a repair and deduct the expe...
Karyn T.
"Slow" plumbing
Our rental property is a very well kept, historic home, built in 1924, located outside of Seattle. We moved our current tenants in October 2014. Within 4 days, they (the wife, in particular) had caused $12K in plumb...