John Brown
Renting short term on a sub leased property: Is it much harder? (rental arbitrage)
I have a friend with a property in a very desirable location in Texas that I believe would be great for STR. It sits on about 1000 acres 30 minutes from Fredericksburg. He does not want to deal with the headache of te...
Bryan Hancock
Generating Large Depreciation Expenses With Positive Cash Flow
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...
Ben Boru
Deed in his dead dads name???
So I met a guy who is being foreclosed on. The home is still in the name of his dad who died 10 years ago, he never changed it. How would I go about buying this house from him?Thank you.
Amanda Montague
PROBATE
Hi BP family, I have a couple probate questions for you (I'm in California, near Sacramento). This is the process as I understand it so far:-go to the courthouse and compile your probate list-direct mail campaign-when...
Paul B.
Mortgage assumption - in need of experienced guidance
Hi All,
I'm looking for folks who have assumed a mortgage before and can help me figure this out. Ok. So here's the deal. I've got a mortgage assumption on a multifamily property (4plex). Straight-up assumin...
Jonathan Boyd
Inaccurate Propstream data
Has anyone had recent problems with PropStream data? I use PropStream for list pulling and comps (mainly comps) and have found that in the least few months their system is providing wildly inaccruate data. And before ...
Steve S.
Financial question about rental purchas
I a friend who has agreed to terms on a prospective rental with a colleague for $100,000.After securing funding, etc it became clear the property was worth more than the seller (someone i have known forever) thought a...
Thanh Nguyen
Mortgage loan originator role!
As Dodd Frank Act coming, I can see that LO investor should use MLO ( Mortgage loan originator) as our middle man to structure a deal. I used to close a deal in an attorney office. My question is if you put a MLO i...
Mo Sylla
Real Estate agent and Real Estate Investor?
Good evening ladies and gentlemen.I am starting in Real Estate Investment and i look forward to paying the price to earn the prize.My name is Mory Sylla. I moved to Seattle 2 years ago from New York. I really enjoy Wa...
Nick Hu
Contact State Senators to Oppose AB-1482 (CA Rental Control)
AB-1482, also known as the California state wide rent control bill, will be discussed by the senate appropriations committee next week. If it becomes law, it will not only limit the rent increase, but also be much har...