Josh McAuliffe
Duplex hunting in Austin
Hey all!I am new to BP and new to REI. I currently rent in East Austin and am looking into buying my first property. Originally I was looking to purchase a SFR that I could put some sweat equity into and rent out at s...
Dustin Lee Cotliar
Does your tax professional HAVE to be a CPA?
Hey BP community —I am a neophyte investor who is trying to figure out how to plan my tax strategy, Implement a good bookkeeping system etc. In the hopes of finding an accountant, I asked a local real estate professio...
Meghan McCallum
Turning an apartment building into condos, is it difficult?
Hey Investors,I found a 20 unit building of 1b/1ba and efficiency (studio) units. It is right by a college and I was wondering if buying it, rehabbing it, and then splitting them all into their own condo wouldn't be s...
Kevin Sullivan
How to jump from first property to the next.
Hello everyone:I purchased my first income property in April of this year. It is an owner occupy double. I put 3.5% down with an fha loan. If I wasn't occupying, I would clear approx. $375/month after mort., taxes,...
John Delia
New member from Columbus, Ohio
Howdy! I'm excited to join and participate in the BiggerPockets Community. I'm an innovative and talented Real Estate/Planning professional with a passion for creating long-term, strategic impact on communities. A dec...
Jon Dugal
Beginner Rental Arbitrage
First time post! I've been listening to bigger pockets since January of this year and after exploring all the different avenues to get started I have decided to test the waters with rental arbitrage. My reasoning is b...
Lori Lloyd
Appraisal to set sales price in advance?
First post here, but long-time "stalker", looking for opinions. We have a house in need of repairs and want to sell it as-is. The property is very unique and comps are hard to find. Tax appraisals/assessments are all...
Steve Jeffries
Tax Question
My wife and I have decided to go full steam ahead with building out rental portfolio. We are currently closing on our second property under our newly formed LLC. With tax season fast approaching, we are wondering if w...
Michael Menchaca
Dallas-Fort Worth House Hacking Help!
My main issue is zoning. I'm primarily looking at Fort Worth and Arlington and the smaller cities in between and around. I have found a couple of really nice properties with ADUs or buildings on the properties that ar...
Ryan Keenan
Brrr
hello BP friends, I've been trying to do more research on the brrr strategy. I'm still alittle confused on the acquisition part. Is the only way of obtaining the property either hml or private money if you DO NOT ha...