Liwen Gu
Homeowner's insurance deductible?
Hi, I'm wondering if you all consider home owner's insurance as tax deduction on your rentals? I'm reviewing my last three 3 years of returns where I worked with two different CPAs. I didn't notice this before but I n...
Patrick McKenna
Electricity Charge for RV tenants in Mobile Home Community?
Hello All - I have a 75 unit mobile home community that is comprised of about 50 MH lots and 25 RV lots. For the RV lots, we currently bear the costs for water, sewer, electric and trash. Historically the costs have n...
Erik Koenig
New to Real Estate investing... trying to devise my strategy for entering market
Hi new BiggerPockets friends!
I am in a good cash position and looking to enter into real estate.
I'm trying to wrap my head around one key thing... For simple math, if I purchased a $100k property with 20% down a...
Matt Schelberg
Quickbooks and Virtual Assistants
I am hiring a virtual assistant to help manage my books. I would like to collaborate with my VA on a single Quickbooks file. What version of Quickbooks should I use? Desktop or Online?For the Desktop version I ass...
Evan Rossi
Best resources for educating myself on the world of Commercial Real Estate Brokerage?
There seem to be a LOT of resources, youtube channels, courses, brokerage education, etc. for residential agency, and not even a tenth as many pertaining to commercial brokerage. I've been reading as much as I can on ...
Lance Gorton
Lease Option Contract assignment vs Wholesaling
How is assigning or selling my contract on a Lease Option different than doing the same thing on a "flip"?
DeWitt Gibson
Pending home sales drop in June
We had a marketing meeting in our office last week and we decided that we are likely to see slightly higher rates and less of a seller dominated market coming in the next six months or so. Are we right?https://www.cnb...
Bonnie Y.
RE legal help
Hello BP community,I'm a newcomer to BP and brand new to RE investing. For the short time I've been a member of BP, I've learned quite a bit. This will be my first post for advice, maybe very basic questions. Thank y...
Michael Allan
Can "B" Buyer list on MLS for "C" while A & B is being Negotiated?
I am trying to determine the best way to locate "C" buyers for short sales I am purchasing in Florida. I have the capital and sellers (SS) but I am curious to know if I work with a realtor will this increase my end b...
Rob Van Riet
Wendy Patton's Cooperative Lease Options
Has anyone successfully completed a deal using her course and contracts? Anyone in Illinios? I want to make sure this is legal in Illinois before I go ahead and start calling sellers. I don't have a real estate lic...