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Little background about me; i am 27 live in NY. Owned my first pet store business at 19 with my older brother. Sold it 3 years later and been just going in and out of jobs. Didnt graduate college, was going to be a po...
Hi All,I’m a studying CPA working for a tech company in San Francisco, California. I’m eager to get into the real estate investing industry, but feeling super discouraged with the high costs and insane competition her...
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Hey BiggerPocketsers (ya we really need a term for this community 😂)My teammates in insurance/accounting and my CPA are frequently asking me how much each property in our portfolio is worth with a breakdown of land vs...
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Hello all,Ive recently purchased a duplex and while I know what's deductible for a rental...or has been in the past since the tax reform may have changed all that ( i better study up).....how does this work with a hou...
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Hello, hope you are having an amazing Friday!, we started an LLC got the EIN # and then the business bank account last September, had trouble getting institutional lending roadblock, so now the Important question is, ...
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Hey BP Nation...... I'm just looking for some opinions here. My wife and I recently purchased our first rental property in the central Ohio area. I'm sure I did this backwards but after purchasing the property a few w...
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Question from an investor: They would like to use their retirement account to invest in RE. From a long term investment perspective (10-20 yrs), has anyone evaluated the financial comparison of the following: 1) Ke...
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Just wanting to point out the importance of analyzing repair costs before buying for a buy and hold. Assuming 50% expenses and spending the rest on PITI can get you in trouble.
In the last 5 yrs my duplex has average...
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Does anyone else get daily calls from different people saying they're from Home Buyer's Inc interested in purchasing your property? I'm on the do not call list and I ask them repeatedly to remove me from their contac...
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Please chime in if you have done this.. Short term rental with cost seg study/ accelerated depreciation to offset W2 income. Say you're doing this on a 4 unit that appraised for about a million. And you do a cost s...