We're exploring ways for my spouse (who does not have a full time job, but works 25 hours/week outside real estate) to qualify as a real estate professional as we build our short term rental portfolio. Curious if anyo...

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I have one full-time person who helps me in managing my business. I also have a part-time maintenance person. I have been thinking of hiring the part-time person full-ti...

Would you rent to a tenant that wants to pay up front? Have not run background/credit check yet but she has mentioned she has terrible credit and is not currently employed. She received money from a "settlement" and w...

I am probably going to sound naive here, but I have thought about becoming a RE agent so I can handle my own showings and deals. (don't want to lose deals due to slow agent response due to THEIR schedule.) I talked to...

I’ve had a gentleman working for me the last year as 1099. He’s coming on as W-2 in January. I’m providing a tractor to do snow removal as this year he was using his truck and plow to do my 5 buildings. I’m trying ...

Today I asked ChatGPT a series of questions and gave it a long list prompt to spit out this market data. This is after quite a few attempts to make this a readable format. To be clear the data from CHATGPT is the same...

Over many years of traditional employment, we have acquired several small tax sheltered annuity accounts.  They were not great ideas to begin with and now we would like to consolidate all of these small funds into a r...

Hi there, I am new to BP and new to RE. I have a ton of drive and passion for RE but not a lot of experience or guidance so I am looking to learn about contracts to protect myself from being burned again. All informat...

Ok so we have been using Zillow as our start of the application along with screening and background checks. A possible Tenant reached out to apply and listed past landlords after following up with her info both number...

I understand there is a requirement to be licensed real estate agent to be able to manage other properties,Is it enough for the property management company to have hire a part time or 1099 a licensed agent only for th...