Carly Christiansen
Tax Benefits of Starting An LLC
Hi there!Scenario: My husband and I have been renting out or old primary residence in the Tacoma, WA area and plan to sell next spring if the market is as good as it currently is. Based on comparable sales, we should...
Uchenna A.
Should I Sell or Keep As Rental?
I recently moved from a 4BR 3.5BA townhouse in Bowie MD. I bought this house in 2013 for 280K and PITI + HOA is ~1700. I owe ~200K on it and initially listed it for sale for 370K. I have had two contracts fall thru fo...
Elvis T Santana
Capital Gains after property split?
Hello BP Community!I purchased a property for $220k 6 years ago in Fall River, MA. Two houses on one lot/deed/title - a 3-family and a single family. It was mortgaged as commercial since I was not a MA resident at the...
Michael Stole
Is HUD-owned houses actually over-priced?
Taking into consideration the bad condition of the property and low-end neighborhood, I feel that HUD houses are actually over-priced. And compared to banks, HUD is harder to negotiate on price. It seems they won't ac...
Algen Albritten
Taking a Loss
I'm not quite sure what route to take. A couple of years ago I purchased a home for investment purposes and spent over $40,000.00 in renovations. Now I need to liquidate the property Immediately. I know that 9/10 I wo...
Stephanie Beard
Market Research - Why, How To & How I Can Help
Hi There,For those of you who currently own real estate or are looking to get started with your real estate ventures, I can not stress enough the importance of market research.My experience in property management has...
Skylar Dejesus
Age of property???
I have had two deals that were under contract fall through in the past two months for my first multifamily property. I could not find any other deals which interested me at the time so I made a craigslist add stating ...
William Walker
Refinance advice - with numbers
So I am think about refinancing a current SFH rental property. I have been discussing it with my mortgage company and they gave me full numbers, I'm just not 100% sold on it.I bought the property in 2015 for $134,000...
Raj Pat
Buying First Investment Rental property
Hello All,I am a newbie here. Have been reading and following this website for a while now. Have read couple of Brandon’s books on Real estate investing as well. Now that I have some knowledge on this subject I decide...
Sebastien Carriere
Do condo upgrades appreciate property value similar to SFH?
Generally speaking, do upgrades such as kitchen remodeling, flooring, and bathroom remodeling cause the same forced appreciation as single family homes or similar properties?