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Hello everyone! I'm new to the site. Actually just signed up a few days ago, but I have been listening to the BP podcast for a few months. Fairly green to the real estate game as far as purchasing goes, but have been ...
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Looking for some information on Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds. Has anyone used one to "store" some excess capital gains to defer Taxes? Some background I am retired and sold down some of my highly appreciated rent...
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Hello everyone,I am dealing with quite a frustrating situation right now that I was hoping to get some insight on. I am trying to do a cash out refi on a rental I purchased all cash, was told I was clear to close, an...
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Hi there! I have my boat on the pea gravel area which is on the corner of my multi-family property. This area is Not part of the lease. I need it for the winter time only. My tenant is complaining that it's driving un...
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Hi all. How do I deal with this tenant? They live on the first floor of a small ten-unit building. You have to walk up several steps from the ground floor to get there. The laundry room is on ground floor. The laund...
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After the interesting discussions going on here at BP, thought I would share a parallel discussion which is ongoing amongst my circle of friends:
During the housing bubble, we were watching. We have some knowledge of...
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Hey BP Team,
Looking for some insight on a weird obstacle I’ve been facing.
I have a rather larger shed in the backyard of my duplex building that we want to demolish because it’s an eye sore on the property & s...
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Economic Update
(Monday, July 6, 2020)
The big economic news this week is the second straight employment report which surpassed expectations. Nearly all of the data indicates that the recovery from the partial shut...
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We had a committee hearing a Boise in the Senate at 4:30 yesterday Friday. things were going well till law enforcement objected on safety grounds. Several senators told us that they could not sign off on something tha...
I'm curious to hear if any of you have had a negative experience with tenants vaping. In my opinion, in the over 20 or so tenants we've had in our 3 rentals by far the most damage ever caused was by a couple who both ...