Peter Morgan
Tenant sealed vent registers in winter to use his own heater
Hello,I had a tenant last winter and the heat in his unit was supplemented by the unit above him.It gets really cold down there in winter but he chose not to have free heat and sealed the vents tightly with an aluminu...
Clinton Grady
Moving to Massachusetts, seeking advice and to build network
In short, I'm currently living in a 2 family but am moving to Massachusetts. I am seeking the expert advice, insights and recommendations of BP as I move to the next step of building my real estate portfolio in Massa...
Kyle Mack
seller financing & the realtor dynamic
There's a duplex that I'm interested that looks like a candidate for seller financing. My realtor showed me the house. I stuck around and started talking to the tenants: They spoke of a older guy possibly looking to r...
Eric Sato
Just moved back to USA - what comes first (STR or my own personal residence)
Hi, I posted quite a bit a year back or so about my interesting situation. I lived in Japan for 20 years and was going to start building my USA based portfolio from Japan. I now actually live in Colorado full time and...
John Foster
Experiences with Lease Options
Hey Everyone,
I'm considering lease options as a future investing strategy and am curious to hear others experience with it. Do the tenants often buy the house at the end of the deal? How long do most lease options g...
Guy Azta
Interested in insight about syndication, crowdfund platform funds, DSTs performance
Hello BP world,Been away for a long while. A bit background: I've been investing in real estate for approx 10 years now and have a small portfolio of single families and multi families. While it's doing ok in aggregat...
Victor Omoniyi
Can bonus depreciation be claimed the next year after an asset is placed in service?
If I purchased and placed a property in service in 2023 and I have no need for the bonus depreciation on my 2023 taxes, can I claim bonus depreciation on the property for 2024 taxes? If yes, what would I need to do?
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, June 21, 2021)
Economic Update
(Monday, June 21, 2021)
Fire has always been part of Southern California’s ecosystem, but today’s wildfires are more intense, more frequent, and more dangerous than ever. The memories of massive bla...
Drew Y.
Does the Warren Buffet method work in Real Estate?
Warren Buffett when asked about his time horizon for investments. He answered with "Our favorite stock holding period is forever.” That got me wondering about real estate as I know folks in the boomer generation that ...
Kyle Pockat
How to buy in a seller's market??
Hello all!First time BP post here! I've recently relocated (somewhat temporarily) to Chicago but had been investing in the Green Bay area since 2012, focusing on buy and hold SFRs. The reason for my post today is not ...