Hello everybody!I've been kicking about organizing a meetup here in the beautiful Napa Valley, and have decided that I should just go for it. I'd love to get a group together to network and swap stories, maybe a bit o...

I ran across this article this evening when I was researching some other tax matters:

Who says you can't depreciate land?

The basic procedure seems to be:

1. Split the improvements from the l...

I am struggling with determining how much money to put down on any specific property. I have always heard it’s best to use other peoples money but with higher interest rates would it not be smarter to put a bigger dow...

The rehabbing we're doing right now has quite a few things that are in great shape  and we'd like to save for future use like toilets, heavy wood front doors, some appliances, shed full of tiles, etc. I believe that s...

So we are almost done our lower unit reno. I'm going to tackle the floor, I've sanded it down and will be applying a light stain. I refinish furniture and mainly use a sponge to apply the stain. Any tips/tricks to app...

Hi all!

Just a quick note to say hello and intruduce myself. My name is Doug, I'm a REALTOR and work with investors purchasing properties through the Trustee Auctions.

I'm looking forward to getting to know the mem...

First of all, I apologize for those of you primarily looking to help people out with actual problems or decisions on their hands, because I don't have either of those. I am simply looking to learn.

If anyone would pl...

I live in an over 55 community that is largely built, but has some vacant land. A portion of this vacant land is to be a parking lot should the rest of the property ever be developed, so it's a commons. This is the lo...

I am looking for any help clearing up my understanding of a 1031 exchange.  I was under the impression that if you had several properties you are allowed to take all the proceeds from those properties and roll them in...

Hello fellow BP'ers,

First let me say that I am a frequent reader of BP blog posts, and through those posts, I have been steered more toward multifamily properties lately.  I used to think that I wanted single fami...