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I'm looking to start investing in properties this year. I find myself leaning towards properties that I can rehab on some level to ultimately gain more equity overall. However, I see a lot of experienced investors b...
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To the High W2 earning BP members out there, what strategies have you used to decrease your W2 taxable income? Depending on what state you earn your wages, income tax rates of 40-50% are unreasonable. Most of you like...
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If something similar happed to you share what you did to solve that propblem. this year i bought my first investment property out of state. i live in california and i bough it in chicago, i hired a property management...
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Rent it out yourself or use a agent which is better For renting out apartments.
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Hello BPers,Thought I'd post this in the LA forums as well to get any advice from local LA investorsMy wife and I recently purchased our primary residence in Silver Lake and did a pretty extensive remodel, however, I ...
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Hi everyone I'll try to be brief and give the pertinent details. I'm being given the option to take over two apartment buildings from my dad. He is thinking about selling the buildings for around 1.6 mil but will give...
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Hello BP!My name is Raquel. I'm 21 years old and currently studying economics in college and debating if I really want to transfer to UC Berkeley to pursue my degree. I'm worried about incurring student debt and ultim...
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Hey guys, I'm looking to purchase 2-3 single family homes out of state. Up to this point I've only owned my primary residences, but I've been able to save up about $150k that isn't doing much in the bank.I still have ...
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I am a mortgage note investor and end up with a fair number of non-performing notes. A percentage of these will turn in to REOs. I typically sell my REOs off-market for cash to investors or on-market in the conventi...
I've been listening to Mark Podolsky, the Land Geek, lately and I'm curious to know if anyone has bought from his company, Frontier Properties USA. Is it legit? Some of those properties are super cheap, and I wonder...