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Hey everyone I am brand new to investing. I want to get into single family buy and hold. I have been listening to B.P podcast and others for about 6 months, I am really excited to start my hand in it. A little about m...
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Perhaps you currently work a 9-to-5 job that’s wearing you down, and you’re looking for an escape. Perhaps you’re tired of the long commutes and don’t want to miss any more of your son’s baseball games. Perhaps you’re...
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Good morning,I am a rookie REI located in Essex County in Massachusetts. I am currently researching and creating a long term plan for my real estate investment. I was wondering what people thoughts were about my spous...
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Just found out from my local recorder's office that my tenant's failure to pay his federal Income taxes has caused the IRS to place a $25k lien on MY property! There is also another Lien for $5k from a local hospital....
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I am about to purchase an investment home and I thinking about selling it using owner financing. I am getting a private loan to purchase the property for $58,000 will put $5000 into rehab (it is a foreclosure that is...
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Hi! New to this site as well as investing. I recently inherited $200,000 cash and thinking about investing in a STR. I live 24 minutes from the White House and within a 3 hour radius from many viable tourist area opti...
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Really quickly about myself: 36/married/california and started in REI (out of state buy & hold) about 2.5 yrs ago. I started looking for a CFP just to get a third party to look into our finances and advise us on w...
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I'm inheriting enough cash to pay off my existing mortgage of a little over $180,000 and still have a little under $15,000 leftover. While the idea of having a paid-off mortgage seems awesome, I feel as though with th...
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I had just recently applied for a mortgage loan, but had not checked credit score in about 8 mths, however last time I checked score was a 705 on all 3 agencys, after applying I had only checked with experian assum...
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We're doing some planning for next year to reduce taxes and I was hoping some of our more astute investors could give me some ideas about generating large depreciation expenses to reduce passive income. The following...