Marla Lloyd
Cleaning up my credit and budgets
Hello a few years back I lost everything after my job closed down, now I am looking for some good advice on how to get my back taxes paid, clean up my credit and learn how to make some good sound investments for my fu...
Matyndia Oyourou
Costs related to short-term rentals vs long-term rentals
Hello, I am starting on my real estate investing journey. My goal is to buy a multi-family unit and house hack in Houston, Texas. I am trying to decide between renting out the remaining units short-term vs long-term a...
Casandra M.
Overheard another landlord about rent discounts....
I overheard another landlord in the S.E. Wisconsin area stating that last year they started a rent promotion program where if tenants have a certain amount of volunteer hours logged with a list of pre-approved organi...
Cassandra Brown
Documenting Property Performance
My wife and I recently purchased our first property, a duplex we are house-hacking. I want to compile a file of information, either digital or physical, that could potentially be used as a piece of documentation show...
Jason H.
JV Split, Settlement, and Capital Gains
Hey there BPers,Question: I'm JVing a deal (50/50 split net sale proceeds) and I am curious as to when this split should occur to avoid incurring any unnecessary capital gains taxes. I'm assuming the 50/50 checks wo...
Jeffrey Suarez
How long do you have to live in Primary residence before renting?
I want to rent my home in about 2-3 months, move 30 miles closer to family. I will be keeping part of the home for my personal belongings. garage and RV storage. ( I started another thread about building adu so I cou...
David K.
Reserves for multiple units
For those of you who own multiple units. Let's say you had 10 units, consisting of 4 properties. How much in reserves would you keep?
Nicholas Bronte
Home security and/or monitoring
Hi BP,I'm under contract and about to close on a Duplex but, because the seller has been slow to provide the required documents, the closing has stalled and the contractors I had lined up to begin the rehab have had t...
Yongming Huang
Would a recorded deed be mailed to an address outside the US?
I'm planning to sell real estate to international buyers. I'm the owner and if I send the deed for recording myself, would the county mail the recorded deed internationally?If they do, regular mail can get lost easil...
Eric Chauvin
Rent Collection: Auto Debit ACH Payments
I am looking for another service similar to payyourrent.com where you can set up rent collection where YOU pull the rent out of their account. This is different from other sites that require the tenant to set up/chang...