I buy a house for 25k cash. Put in 50k cash. Appraised for 130k and refinance for 97.5k. What value do (or can I use) for my initial depreciation number? Obviously I would like to use the larger number so my gains are...

In Pennsylvania, a real estate consultant is required to be a.licensed broker.  A licensed salesperson, or agent, cannot operate as a onsultant.  So it you were to consider hiring a REI consultant, what service, skill...

Any recommendations for delayed financing in the Los Angeles area? Is there a required LTV? 
Any other buy and hold options if needing to pull cash out ASAP after renovation? 

Hello BP, my name is Brian and this is my first post!  My fiancee and I have a rental and are looking for new tenants.  I am curious on how people are declining tenants.  I have gotten a lot of people with criminal re...

Are there restrictions on selling a home within a certain amount of time after buying it as a short sale? I'm working with an investor would like to not be hold a property for long.Thanks,Kevin

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I recently came across at an article about self-directed IRA. I was wondering whether or not I can rollover my traditional IRA money to the self-directed IRA, so that I can use this money to invest in real est...

My partner and I have done a lot of research, and I know how to find leads by looking for blue tarps, beat up houses, tall grass, etc. We have found more than 10 abandoned homes, and we have tried to contact the homeo...

How many times should you call a list after you pull it?

So i was researching about passive losses and i found out that i cant claim passive losses if i dont materially participate in the property or (if i am not a real estate professional). How can you show material partic...

Hello everybody, I'm relatively new to real estate investing and have found a spec builder who is willing to let me take over his mortgage/note on the home with some cash flow for himself. Im from Texas and know lease...