Bryan T.
Why do people not just rent their rooms out to prevent foreclosur
Why do people not just rent their rooms out to prevent foreclosure? During the 2008-2009 housing crash, why did people not just rent out rooms to prevent foreclosure?Why do people now not just rent out rooms to preven...
Ann Bellamy
Seller financing is about to get ugly on Jan 10 2014
Great article about new restrictions when selling a property and providing financing to the end buyer. These restrictions go into effect under Dodd-Frank on January 10. These are federal restrictions, not limite...
Eugene Lavatman
Fastest AND cheapest ways to accept payments from tenants
Hello BiggerPockets community, we have been accepting payments from tenants using Zelle, Venmo and Paypal. Zelle and Venmo requires tenants to have an American bank account. We can receive the payment INSTANTLY and F...
Terri Austin
Private Lending Business
I am interested in becoming a private money lender. Whom might someone like me contact in order to get an initial start-up loan/funding? Some people have told me that you need to use your own money, however I just wa...
Joel Oh
Write off luxury car under STRs?
Hey guys, thinking about purchasing a car this year and wondering if it is possible to write off a luxury car for their STR expenses.My tax advisor said that I will need to prove this car was used for the business.I k...
Geren Williams
The Pros and Cons of all Cash Purchases
Background - in 2006-2007 I owned a primary residence and 6 rentals. I did not study a lick and made every conceivable mistake that a newbie investor/landlord could make. I was over-leveraged, did no deep deal analyse...
Andy V.
Flip or flop
Is it me or does the couple on Flip or Flop have way too much success? Every deal they do, with rare exception, seems to net them $75k!! Is this show based in any reality or purely for entertainment? The Cute blond...
Patricia Miller
Using retirement funds for REI seems terrifying - HELP!
I'm looking for moral support as I consider moving funds from 403B accounts (heavily invested in equities) to Solo and self-direct accounts (mine and my husbands) for the purpose of acquiring buy and hold properties. ...
Wayne Shi
Start up a new stripmall project
Bought one acre of commercial land beside a high school which has about 3000 students and 500 staffs at San Antonio Texas. I am planning to build a 10~12K sqft strip with 6 units, which type of business will be well f...
Diana Ag
Investing in hotels - stupid question
Hello - I have a silly question and would really appreciate a simple answer:If I wanted to buy/invest in a hotel (within $150-300 mil.), what would my steps be? (How do I find hotels available for sale, what is the ge...