I love real estate investing, its awesome.  However, in my personal life, I'm a minimalist.  I really could invest more if I minimized my personal expenses.  My idea..... Buy a lot of land somewhere, preferably 30 min...

I have been changing some processes at my STR and it has come out more and more that my cleaner is not the best fit for me.  She has been open about things she won't do (change duvets every clean, spot clean carpets w...

Hello BiggerPockets Community,
This is my very first post here and I'm really excited to be a part of the community. 
A few days ago, I bought a really cheap property in a semirural lower-middle class, but generally...

Hey everyone!Curious to see how people have overcome the debt ratio hurdle. I'm a relatively new investor focusing on buy & hold, and very passionate about real estate. I'm about to close on my 4th property and wi...

I own a property in Philadelphia which is managed by a professional management company.  My tenant had not been paying rent for months due to maintenance issues.  The property management company says that the tenant a...

Hi BP,

I was wondering if there are any states, cities, or areas where they are completely against wholesaling? I understand that it is looked down upon in general by some but are there any areas where it is deemed...

I was just under the assumption (like a hotel) that we would provide the linens but I spoke with some local owners this weekend and every place in the complex requires the guest to bring their own. This would make the...

I'm excited to announce that BiggerPockets has caught up with the times and has released its own Dashboard widget for Macs.

You can now keep up with all of our newest forum posts right on your desktop!

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I ran across this article this evening when I was researching some other tax matters:

Who says you can't depreciate land?

The basic procedure seems to be:

1. Split the improvements from the l...

Ean - 29 - Baltimore . 1 Flip , 1 rental     I bought a short sale property in the Baltimore area over a year ago for $38,000 and own it out right. Since then i have fixed it up myself and it is now worth over 100k . ...