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Roy N. British Columbia announces regulation to end "shadow flipping".
12 May 2016 | 12 replies

B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced new rules Tuesday aimed at ending the controversial practice of 'shadow flipping' by eliminating a means for anyone but the seller of a house to profit from real estate con...

Mike J. Assumptions and calculations for selling vs. renting out
4 February 2015 | 2 replies

Warning: the below is a lengthy, generalized hypothetical. The questions are about calculations of average (yes, "average" is a very dangerous word because most years are far from average) returns on rental properties...

Courtney Timms Can I REMOVE my homestead?
12 July 2024 | 7 replies

I have an interesting property tax situation because of my house hacking situation. I bought a duplex in Texas in 2020. I live in side A so I filed for homestead. The county put a homestead on half of my property, but...

Leo Young Can offset gains from stock sale with RE depreciation as a real estate professional?
7 December 2023 | 2 replies

Can you offset your capital gains from a stock sale with your depreciation from real estate if you're a real estate professional?e.g. If you get a lot of bonus depreciation from performing a cost seg on a property, ca...

Kevin Coggins Valuing investments in a flood plain
9 January 2017 | 17 replies

So when analyzing potential investments in the flood plain, do you just factor in the cost of the flood insurance? Assuming two properties are in the same part of town, but one happens to be in the 100 yr floodplain a...

Frank S. Renting to Illegal Immigrants
11 February 2018 | 22 replies

I read this article and at the end, the writer said it is better to rent to an illegal immigrant than not to. I have my thoughts but I was wondering what are your thoughts? I'm in the conservative state of Texas but l...

Michael Darten Refinancing multifamily unit
19 July 2018 | 10 replies

Hello BP family!! I have a MF unit that i am able to purchase in my local area. The numbers look good for coC , I just wanted a few opinions on refinancing . Using round numbers for example I will buy the property out...

Nick H. Lender saying ADU/in law suite cant help me qualify for FHA Loan
7 January 2024 | 4 replies

Hey BP, I am in a bit of a bind trying to pencil out my second deal.I am trying to buy a new construction side by side duplex. both units are identical to one another however for whatever reason it is not a legal two ...

Matthew Rue Screening Tenants
16 April 2015 | 15 replies

Can anyone recommend an online screening service for tenants so we are confident we comply with all laws as well as information we should have?

Michael Faudoa How do you estimate ARV?
25 June 2018 | 13 replies

I just found a duplex with some potential. How should I go about estimating the ARV on it? I am hoping for a step by step of what you guys might do when deciding what the ARV is. Or do you just ask the agent to do it?