P.R. Romain
Hoping To Close My First Deal But Confused
Good afternoon. I am fairly new to the BiggerPockets community and real estate as a whole; I attended Than Merrill's workshop and got the motivation to try out wholesaling with my significant other/partner. We started...
Ryan B.
Pull equity from a paid off rental?
Hello, First, a little back story. I currently have one rental property and I'm looking to expand. The one property that I do have is now owned free and clear. My property is located in Las Vegas and I have a manageme...
Account Closed
Emerging Buy+Hold Markets in Massachusetts
hello everyone,I am about a year away from graduating school down in southern MA and am currently saving every dollar that I can to start my investing journey with a bang! My parents and I are investing in the Fall Ri...
Alexandra Feig
Top 5 Markets for Cash Flow vs Appreciation
I've committed to buying my first investment property in the US by end of this year. I just purchased a condo in Singapore which is my primary residence but I hope will also be a rental property in the future, but am...
Account Closed
Is your real estate investing activity a "trade or business" or an investment activity?
I ask this question because there are real differences in what you are allowed to deduct, capitalize and report in these two situations.
Investors that are wholesaling and flipping are typically in the business of re...
Paul Zofsak
Property management company is deducting late fees from rent instead of collecting
I am dealing with this local property management company for the first time; everything looked great until my tenant stated paying rent five to ten days late every month. The tenant then pays the rent but nothing ext...
Roc P.
Rentals in bad areas
I was wondering what was everyone thoughts about rental properties in dilapidated areas was. Is it worth having all the numbers work out, i.e. 2% rule and house bought @ 70% of value etc., vs. the appreciation of the...
Ben Stevenson
Do you have any regrets about your first real estate deal?
Hi there,My name is Ben Stevenson, I am a 22 y/o electrical engineering tech outside of the GTA. My significant other and I attempted to purchase our first home/investment property in April but couldn't conquer the st...
Robert Goldman
Why don’t investers, who rent homes, pay their property taxes?
I am noticing quite a few homes that are 2-3 years past due on their property taxes and none of them are mortgaged. They are up for a tax deed auction because they have 2-4 years of tax liens and some are rented out t...
Kyle Luman
Cash flow vs equity discussion in recent Podcast
I just listened to the recent BP podcast with Dr Benjamin Aaker and Dave Meyer from a couple of weeks ago.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1045There was a section where Dr Aaker talks about focusing on e...