I placed this in starting out on purpose. Just curious about what the newbies feel they're lacking, after expertise.
1. properties
2. buyers
3. sellers
4. money
5. guts
I have my own thoughts as to what the orde...

I've read advice here on BP saying that it doesn't make sense to hold RE in a "tax efficient account" because you "lose all your tax benefits of RE".  I find that puzzling and I'm looking for clarification.  Sure you ...

Hi All - my business partner and I jointly own a property in the Philadelphia area and we'd like to transfer ownership to our LLC. However, our property is still mortgaged so we want to ensure this doesn't cause any i...

Hey everyone, Wanted to hear the communities response to this;Brand new r/e investor, going to do a fix and flip. Does anybody have any interesting tax strategies in respect to this whole process? (buying, selling and...

Yes, nobody has a crystal ball I know.  However, I'd really like to add 3-5 rental homes to my portfolio.  Obviously things are very hot right now. Homes going for over asking, etc so I've refrained from buying anythi...

Hi.  My name is Mike Kohan, I'm a husband and father, a career helicopter pilot and now real estate investor.  I started investing in real estate 5 years ago with a lease/option purchase close to home for a tenant, wh...

Federal policy makers want to keep you from buying and profiting from openly traded non-performing notes (NPN). The bias is against private investors who purchase 1st and 2nd mortgages of delinquent homeowners in favo...

When do you know it's time to call it quits on a property?

I have a SFH in MD that I purchased as a primary residence while living in MD from 2008-2010. I held onto it because I was (and still am) upside down and wo...

I currently have two long term rentals and am looking into buying into the short term rental arena.  I know there are penalties and tax implications but wanted some advice on cashing out Roth IRA or IRA to buy investm...

When I started with my first rental, the person who counseled me suggested asking less than market rent to find the best tenants possible, even seeking a few competing applications. Does anybody think this is a good i...