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Can you describe some of the mistakes you made at the beginning of your real estate investing career?
Before I graduated I took a taxation class. Don't get me wrong it was great. Learned a lot about a lot, but absolutely nothing about taxation on Real Estate transactions. Does anybody have any books they would recomme...
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I'm a new investor trying to learn about delinquent tax sales and sheriff auctions in Texas. What are the differences between these two auctions? Do they wipe out all liens?
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We purchased our first rental on dec 14 2018. It was a 203k so not rented until Feb 20 2019. Can we claim down payment, inspections or closing costs as a deduction/credit? Thanks!
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Like many others on BP I'm new to the RE world and I'm looking for guidance on how to execute a successful out of state deal on a multi-famIly unit so I can achieve positive cash flow that I can use for future investm...
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Thanks in advance to anyone who is reading this. This is my first post but I am excited about this community and I hope to learn a lot from it.
I started a Texas LLC in 2013 and I want to eventually buy multi...
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I just started out investing in real estate. Until now, my assets have been simple: paycheck comes in, bills go out, throw some into savings.
Now, I have a primary that I'm using as a rental, have done a cash loan (...
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Hi all,I am new to bigger Pocketts and real estate investing, but I would like you guys help. My dads have about 8 or 9 properties that he owns. Most of them have no mortgage or a very small amount left on the mortga...
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I'm currently a year away from graduating school and plan on moving from the Boston Massachusetts area. One area I am very interested in moving to is Tampa Florida. I want to househack but not sure what way would work...
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Has anyone experienced a huge spike in property tax after transferring your investment property to a LLC ? especially for investment properties in NYC for those who are familiarThanks