I'm a new to-be real estate investor and I was wondering if I will be able to write off travel expenses if I do not own a company.For example, I'm looking at purchasing a property outside my local market.  I do not cu...

I will be PCSing for the first time in my career to Ft Meade, Maryland and was wondering should I wait to start the process of buying a property until I move or complete the process beforehand? I am looking at propert...

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I joined recently and this place is so helpful. I’m a newbie to real estate investing and currently living in Fremont,CA. Because of COVID, I’m working from home for the past year, and most possibly I would be...

I have a tenant who moved out recently. The damages exceed their security deposit. I mailed them a security deposit statement using certified mail after 7 days of their move out. They refused that certified mail. Can ...

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First time home buyer and after going into contract, we discovered there were open code violations on the garage conversion to ADU. House is in San Jose, CA. They did disclose that the inside of the ADU wa...

I'm an aspiring real estate investor looking to get a better sense of the WA market (born and raised in Tacoma, and currently own a house in Seattle). One concept that has caught my eye is "mid-term", or 30 day rental...

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Just looking for a little insight from all the wonderful and experience investors on BP, here’s my situation

I purchased 3 tax liens last year in Lake County Indiana, two of the properties are ...

Hello BP'ers! I'm a new landlord in the Tampa and St. Petersburg area and just purchased my first rental property. I have my first propsective tenant who has put down a deposit to hold along with his application. He's...

So I'm in the process of writing my business plan to start my real estate investing in a couple of years, once I build the connections, systems/processes and the capital to do so. While writing my business plan, I cam...

I live in a small condo building, 34 units and have served as Vice President on board previously. When I was on the board all architectural improvements required board approval.

The new HOA president lives 2 ...