I was wondering?? If you have delinquent taxes on a property and you tear the property down, do you still owe the property taxes???

We're in the process of purchasing our first rental property in San Diego (2 detached units with 3 beds & 2 bath each) and close at the end of April. We just had an inspection done and went back to the seller to s...

I would like to hear about your success and or failure to get a lower property assesment. I am looking at a fourplex that has insane taxes for the area it is in. It's current taxes are about $8600, . I am told that th...

Good Morning BiggerPockets family!Quick question:I own a property in the Valley Ranch area of Irving, Texas.  At least once a year I get a letter in the mail about considering protesting the property tax amount that's...

Hi BP Friends!
I am still narrowing down the cities I want to invest in. So far, I have been eyeing Fort Worth / Dallas. I visited once for work and I can see the booming economy here. 
How does property tax affect ...

recognizes an installment sale as a way to defer a capital gain on a property sale. This can save on taxes by avoiding a bump up into a higher tax bracket if the seller had a huge gain." How do you pay less taxes by d...

One aspect of real estate that people don’t always appreciate fully is the favorable tax treatment that real estate investors enjoy.Investors who care only about an investment’s returns miss the very real benefits of ...

Reasons to structure offer with seller credit for closing costs in Lieu of discount off list price

This is simply a Paper Credit. Its not as if the Seller is asked to bring a separate check to closing to ...

Todays 30 year fixed rate mortgages are an astonishing 7.1% Based off that I am finding a lot of properties that, if at a 3.5% interest rate, would have a great 9% C on C return. Unfortunately at 7.1% I am seeing basi...

Still learning here....

Can property taxes in different parts of the city be any indication of the type of neighborhood? I would expect for higher taxes to be paid to faster growing and more affluent neighborhoods a...