I recently purchased a duplex and bought the cheap China-made vinyl blinds from Lowe's (Project Source). I hung them up in both sides of a duplex. Within 3 days, this gray, splotchy, wavy pattern started appearing on ...

My wife and I are beginning to pool funds to begin a real estate investing venture.  I have a 401k from a former employer that I would like to leverage to our new business.  I have been researching "Checkbook Control"...

Hello! My property manager is telling me I need to upgrade the electrical panel on one of my units from 100 to 200 amps - the cost will be around $4k. For reference, the unit is a 2/1 and around 1000 sq ft. It is half...

This was my first year wholesaling part time here in DFW. I made a decent chunk of change doing it, about 40k. My question is when it comes to taxes, should I utilize a real estate tax professional at the end of t...

So I’ve borrowed against my 401 k to purchase my first short term rental property. Fortunately it’s doing really well. I need funds for my next properties and I’m planning to liquidate my 401k so I can invest that mon...

Hey all, I am looking for some advice on how to structure a partnership with a developer. The developer will be doing all the "work" from identifying the site, land acquisition, and bringing the project to completion/...

hello BP , I'm hoping for some seasoned advice on an idea. My brother in law wants to partner with me but just as a financial partner with no other interests in the property. Since we will be combining cash for dow...

Hey!So I am about to get a job as a police officer (woop woop!) and I know one of the questions they will be asking me is how much do I want to put towards a 401k plan. Now as much as my parents would love for me to s...

I am in the process of setting up a new entity in Texas that will replace my old operations entity that I've been using for the last 14 years.  I'm engaged to what will be my 2nd wife after a lengthy and somewhat cont...

We are looking at putting an offer in on a couple duplexes. We have a couple of concerns. First would be the wells for the duplexes are community wells that are not owned by the current owner of the duplexes. One well...