We just sold one of our Dallas properties after holding it for 4.5 years.  The last 2 years had been painful - with on going repairs, horrible tenant with late payments and pets that pee'd on the carpet...  After the ...

I am writing about this on BP because I just found out about it and there are bound to be some tax wizards on here that know about about the game theory needed to navigate our ridiculous tax code.  I stumbled upon thi...

How do you separate income and save for expenses? If everything lines up and its a good property what do you do to set money aside, hypothetically if your income was 1000 and you set aside 100 each for 10% for Mainten...

I'm sure this is asked elsewhere but I wasn't able to find it.  I found some things online, but I trust these boards more than the wild web.  I have a single family rental.  With depreciation, sometimes it's slightly ...

Hi all,

I live in Indiana. I've got enough money saved up to purchase my first investment property. I'm looking at a simple single family home or possibly a duplex (it would be a buy and hold strategy so basically re...

how's it going BP I'm purchasing my first rental, getting rehab done slowly but surely as I go along. I've been hearing investors say "use flat on your ceilings, semi gloss on your trim and doors, and eggshell or ...

Hi for those of you who do major value add apartments how do you expense most of these things.  I've heard on first year purchase you can expense 100% or some say only 50% for bonus or accelerating depreciation?Sectio...

I've read that capital expenses shouldn't be included in an NOI calculation, but is it ok to include a per-door reserve? (By OK, I mean if I include it and use the resulting figure as reasoning for making a specific o...

Q1-Can HOA force enter my condo unit's front door to access my rear patio for some non-urgent maintenance-like inspection, painting or coating?Q2-Is there a way to block HOA from direct entering my home from my front ...

Tenant has lived there for a month and has had 4 service calls. Each one the father in law "finds" the issue. Except the house never had any of these issues with previous occupants and went through inspection without ...