I've read the ultimate guide to tenant screening and I've also been reading on the forums and another book, and I hear people say, "look at the car the prospective tenant drives" or "get a feel for how they present th...

Talk about a beginner post... I'm in charge of investing ~2.5m into real estate via 1031 in the next half-year, with the expectation of about a 10% return cash-on-cash. Buy and hold for a year minimum, stable properti...

I am wondering - I have a tenant who is taking good care of my property but is always 1-3 weeks late on rent, doesn't call to explain (or lies about why), and who I sometimes need to chase down the rent, would you con...

I know acquisition time or commute time do not count for 500 hours material participation in rental properties but couldn’t find any regulation saying they don’t count for that 750 hours total RE involvement. if that...

Recently, a mentor of mine did a flip in Lakewood and the property didn't have a garage or pad. He had both constructed (2 car), but said he didn't get much out of it as far as ROI is concerned. It seems that most hou...

Good morning,
I am new to the real estate game, looking for our first fourplex now, just got pre-approved. Background: employed (w-2) as a physician, wife is a stay at home mom, also very interested in real estate an...

greeting and bigger pockets to all.im starting my quest to get a few rental properties and wondering MUST  i use an agent to find & buy the properties.when it comes to money ive found i generally do better for mys...

I'm having difficulty with a purchase and determing if it makes sense. The thing that worries me is what covid has done to our tourism the past two years. Below I'd the breakdown, but I'm still waiting on the financia...

I want to make sure I rack up 750 hours doing real estate this year to get my losses counted against my W2 earnings. I have 6 units and it is taking up lots of my time.
The question is what counts ? For example to se...