I’m writing this post for all the newbies (especially military) out there who have yet to complete their first deal so they can hopefully see that getting a decent deal on their first purchase is actually achievable. ...

I have a tenant who has paid insufficient rental payments for a few months in a row (rather than the $1,900 rental payment due, he pays $1,800). The remaining and late $100 is paid very late in the month. For the...

A unique property in a nearby market where it is 2 separate houses with 3 units on 1 piece of land. So this would be an approximately $250,000 deal with no money in. 2 x 2br 1 ba units and 1x 4 brx 1ba house free sta...

Hi BP! I've created a deal analysis spreadsheet so that I can easily do some quick and dirty number crunching when looking over deals. This spreadsheet analyzes rentals or flips. I was hoping to get some opinions on t...

Hi Everyone - I have 3 STRs and have gotten very serious with looking at the full financial picture on them now that we have a CPA. We just bought the last two in the last 6 months, but have had our first for almost 5...

Hello all,

So I'm looking for some advice here. My house was sold as a short sale, we closed on 11/4/09 and there was a first (Washington Mutual, now Chase) and second (Citimortgage) lienholder involved. I recently...

I’m a 21-year active duty military guy who started renting my home after being transferred out-of-state. The home is in Anchorage, Alaska and I live in Atlanta. In 2014, I began doing short term rentals from May-Augus...

Years ago, I was at a CPA conference, and the lecturer finished 30 minutes early. Unheard of, I know, but it did happen. He asked us what we wanted to learn in the remaining 30 minutes. And 300 CPAs in the room almost...