I came across what looked like a great property on Loopnet. It's a Starbucks, yogurt shop, and Subway on a parcel in a large shopping center in a great area at 8.26% cap. After dropping everything to go look at i...

Hello BP!I am new to real estate investing and working towards my first deal.  I have a question about the preliminary analysis on house flipping.  I am going through wholesale lists and reviewing comps for the proper...

Can anyone who has owned a property for a long period of time confirm that the money they spend over 27.5 years is approximately the original cost of the structure? Is this supposed to be maintenance, or are capital e...

In another thread, someone mentioned that they banned all candles.

Can you ban candles and incense?

Can you actually ban strong curry and cooking smells that linger on property?

We've all been in places that reek ...

Welcome to winter.  The Northeastern Ohio (Cleveland & Lake Erie) winters can be somewhat harsh.  Today we are looking at 28 F, but by the first week of December, it can often dip into the teens, or even single di...

I have some expenses which could go either way on de minimis safe harbor or to capitalize and depreciate to deduct. Assume i bought a rental house for $100,000 on Jan 1. Land is worth $10,000 so depreciation is $3,272...

I'm back from a hiatus and trying to formulate a real estate investment plan.  Still very new to this but I've been doing a lot of reading in the interim.  I have a job currently as a game programmer in Seattle, which...

I have found very little discussion in the forum on buy & hold in expensive markets, which is what I have been doing for the last 2 years, so want to share my rational and returns. Would love to hear from other pe...

If I turn my home that I had financed through a VA Loan to into a rental property, will it allow me to become eligible to apply for a new VA Loan (or) Will I have to wait until the Property is paid off in full?

I have a SFH that was rented to an older couple for the last 2 years. Apparently at some point their daughter came to 'visit' and never left.The daughter also brought a cat with her and the house is now infested with ...