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Hello everyone, I am a newbie investor and am currently obtaining my real estate license in Massachusetts to become a licensed real estate salesperson. I am currently in the New Bedford area and for my first property ...
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We tell ourselves overthinking is “responsible”. That we’re just being diligent and doing our homework. But in reality, analysis paralysis is dangerous. When we obsess over predicting the future, all we’re really doin...
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Hi Investors,One of our tenant recently moved out. We are still waiting for quotes for some of the fixes. If we have not fix the issue yet(cracked tiles & garage doors), can we still deduct the security deposit?...
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Hey everyone,
I had a quick down and dirty question about evicting tenants. I have a tenant that is in her first month of renting and before she moved in she gave one and a half times the rent for a security deposit...
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I've had the same person do my taxes for the last few years, but he seems to have disappeared this year. I guess I shouldn't have waited this long to reach out to him, but in prior years I'd set an appointment with hi...
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Hello all,I am asking about taxes that were due in April 2017 (for 2016 year), filed an extension until now...So, in May 2016 my wife and I were living in an apartment in FL with our kid and bought our first house i...
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How much do you save if you choose DIY ?
Do you think 30% or 40onaverage? Some cases is it 50%?
don't have mega bucks to jump in with
one benefit of knowing how its done is knowing when someone is trying to ...
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Does anybody here have any experience with the Wayne county(Detroit) tax auction? There are several properties that I am very interested in. I know that March 31st is the deadline for having payment (or a payment plan...
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Hey everyone, I am new to Bigger Pockets so forgive me if I am posting this in the wrong area. I am 23 years old, own an LLC with my father and brother, and live in California. We are about to close on our first inves...
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He is an out of state investor who had his realtor come look at the place the first day, send video, etc. They were adamant to be mutual/under contract that night so that it would be marked pending...Now they seem to ...