Alejandro Osorio
Investor from Houston, TX
Hi BiggerPocket members ! My names Alejandro, I currently work with my dad. We are siding contractors for stucco work. My dads been in this buiness for 30 years now. He has acquired alot of experience over the years a...
Curtis Ray
Getting Started In Real Estate
Hello Everyone, I have officially decided to get into real estate investing. I have begun listening to podcasts and reading article, but I am in the early stages. Can anyone recommend any books I should read or anyt...
Eduardo Lopez
NAHB: Home Builder Confidence Highest in 12 Years
According to the National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index for March, builder confidence in market conditions reached its highest level in 12 years and was six points higher than February’s index read...
Dan DiCairano
Self Directed Roth IRA
I am looking to rollover my traditional 401k & Roth 401k into a self directed Roth IRA. I was wondering what the best company to work with as a custodian would be. I also was curious how long the process takes fro...
Jonathan Santiago
Tax Question: Capital Gains or Ordinary Income?
I just watched a video online of someone explaining why he would never flip a house. He basically said the reason is because if you flip a house it is considered ordinary income tax + self-employment tax which ends up...
Michael Plaks
End-of-Year tax planning: Roth conversion 101
I just finished EOY tax planning sessions with my clients, and Roth conversion was one of the topics. It reminded me how confused most investors are about Roth and prompted me to write this long post. Since Roth-relat...
Bhanu P.
Should I accept or reject this Tenant (And why I should do that)?
I do have a response for one of my listing for lease. The interested person is ‘Single’ and work as club dancer (I do not have any details yet about the kind of club). She also have 2 pets (it doesn’t bother me and sh...
Ashley Wolkomir
Introduction and Advice Needed
Hello all!
I am new to the BP forums, but have been listening to the podcasts for about a year and recently started going to some Real Estate investor meet ups. I have a property in Aurora, CO that I've been house ha...
Chris D.
Demographic information for out of town buy and hold?
Hi All:I am interested in buy and hold but live in an expensive area (Washington, DC metro). I will start with SFR and (hopefully) with the excellent educational resources offered by BP…move on to small multi family ...
Noah Weitzman
Debt to Income ratio for STR's....
Hey Everyone! Thanks for reading this! we are looking to purchase another STR but our DTI is too low. This is because the other STR we own cant be used as monthly income. Has anyone found a good way around this? It is...