Hi All, I'm a local realtor here in San Diego and I'm finally at the point where I want to invest in real estate, but not here in San Diego as the prices are too high.  I'm looking into Ohio as I know you can get prop...

I would love to hear what goals people are setting for 2014.Personally, I am going to--hire an assistant to help with my wholesaling and tenant placement business-do a 1031 exchange with a property that a biz partner ...

This is a follow-up to my last year post where I discussed CPA charges: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...The #1 question we receive from investors who inquire with my firm about our tax services is "How much can you s...

Hello everyone,I’m new to this forum and a beginner when it comes to purchasing second properties. I’m European and my wife is American, and we’ve been considering buying a property to rent out. We don’t have everythi...

We own 50 acres of wooded landed in a rural setting. Eventually, we’d like to build a few houses for ourselves and extended family but that will be a lot later. In the meantime, it’s a beautiful plot of land with a ni...

Hey Everyone, I began flipping houses more than a decade ago. I can recall how lost I was when I started and I wish that I would’ve had someone to guide me through the process and allow me the opportunity to avoid a...

Economic Update(Happy Martin Luther King Day)

Predictions for 2021? As 2020 has shown us, the world can throw so many curveballs at you that predictions can be about as useful as new year’s resolutions. In that s...

Hi BP-ers!Recently my REIA hosted a speaker from a firm who write self-directed IRAs. This seems like a valuable tool for investors but when I spoke to my accountant about it she said they could only be opened by indi...

I have a 6 unit building with low income tenants. After a tenant's one year lease converts to month-to-month is there any incentive for the landlord to sign a new lease? I'm not seeing a benefit. My thought is that...