I've been involved with real estate since 2005, and a member of bigger pockets for a year or more maybe, but just recently diving in to discover the great stuff here in the forums, podcasts, forming connections etc...

Like many of you, I have > 100 residents paying rent to me each month. This is terrific. But with rent being set, I often wonder if other landlords have found ways to find incremental increases in revenue (that lik...

I'm an owner of a 2 family, non-owner occupied residential property.
This property is co-owned with my mother. The deed is 75% my mother, 25% myself, with a Right of Sole Survivorship.

We are now planning to sell sa...

Currently in the Kitsap county market we are experiencing an extreme shortage of inventory which is projected to continue for the foreseeable future.  At the same time, building ordinances in Seattle, in combination w...

I'm looking at a triplex that's fully occupied and the numbers work. I viewed the property today and all tenants were home. A little awkward but not a problem. The issue is none of them speak English and I'm not bilin...

I asked my CPA about shifting $6,300 to each of my kids on my tax return for the work they did in my business. He told me I would have to 1099 them. Is that correct?

Hi folks, I recently closed on a duplex in Rochester, NY which I was planning to househack. My plan was to move in June when the lease on my current apartment was up. Unfortunately, my sister died unexpectedly a coupl...

I've personally seen a lot of traction from my out-of-state investors in Columbus. People that were investing before in areas like West Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky are all pouring money into Columbus. I've had a f...

Hi All,
I purchased my first judicial tax sale last year.  I thought that I did enough research into it but I clearly did not.  So I had to learn the hard way that most title company wont underwrite a title insurance...

Does anyone think that Chicago's record tax hikes and the possibility of a tax exemption for property's under $250K will lead to a new round of gentrification largely driven by Millenialls wanting to live in the City ...