Yonah Weiss
100% Bonus Depreciation following up the recent podcast
If you listened to the newest Podcast about how the tax reform affects real estate investors (if not here's the link):https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/biggerpockets-podcast-269-how-the-new-tax-code-affects-you...
Bryan Hancock
Designing Around Restrictive Covenant Risk When Purchasing Land
We have a purchase contract for a lot in Austin that we're planning to build a duplex on. We recently received a title commitment and Schedule B shows an exception for some restrictive covenants from 1948. These wer...
Jeremy Scott
Contractor Advice
Hello,I am finished with my first rehab and the home is now under contract. Thankfully, we will make some profit but I have learned something about contractors: they always OVERpromise, and they UNDERdeliver.In our sp...
Shalaye Camillo
Should I add a 2nd bath to my rental unit?
I own a 2 family house in the city (Boston) and currently have a vacant 3 bedroom 1 bath unit which I have been renting fully furnished for 4300/month. I can rent it non-furnished for around 2900. My house is almost 1...
Samantha M.
Learning to Estimate Repair Costs Accurately
To find a great property it requires two things: accurate ARV and precise ERC. When learning to estimate ERC correctly I was thinking the best way to go about it is to find active rehabbers at REI clubs, see if you ca...
Jerryll Noorden
Historic Homes
Most importantly,My "m" didn't work, and I typed, "Historic hoes". I cracked myself up a little.Now ...So...I have a home built in the late 1800.Original floors walls etc. etc. I figured it will cost a fortune to brin...
Chris Watkins
Why Pay 4 Lawn Care, Sprinkler repair, H20 when U can XERISCAPE??
Why do so many Multi-unit property investors want/allow grass on their rental properties? Why pay for lawn care for $100 per month when you can do decorative rock or other xeriscape designs and hire some neighbor kid ...
Chad Clanton
Theft/loss responsibility during renovation, owner of or contractor?
Good afternoon BP, I've got a question for you all and would appreciate input from both the investor and contractor perspectives, particularly those in and around San Antonio. If something were to be stolen during the...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, July 13, 2020)
Economic Update
(Monday, July 13, 2020)
Not since the 1960s has the United States experienced social upheaval like it is experiencing today. We have protests, an upcoming national election, and a massively divide...
Ruchik Gandhi
Analyzing rental properties in northern NJ
Hello everyone,
I am new to the real estate journey with a focus on the northern NJ market. Reaching out to other investors: one thing I have noticed is that it is impossible to achieve positive rental cashflow at 8...