Fellow landlords, how do you normally compensate tenants for loss of use of the property for a brief period - including inconveniences before and after it.In addition, do you compensate different tenants different dep...

Has anyone found a way to use a rewards credit card to pay their mortgages?If there was a way to pay the mortgage with one of these cards you would get a lot of miles a year.If you had 5,000 a month in mortgage 5000 x...

Hi all, first post on BP here!I've scoured the forums and haven't quite found an answer to a question that recently came up...I'll be partnering on my first deals and I would bring the work (finding deal, getting tran...

I need a bit of clarification on depreciation since where I live overseas they calculate it completely differently. 
My understanding so far is that you can start depreciating your property once it is rented and you ...

I have a few interested partners with down payment cash. I would be carrying the mortgages, and we would do a 50/50 ownership deal with traditional 20/80 financing.

I am looking to pickup more than 4 properties this ...

Nice article in today's WSJ about US Treasury I- bonds, soon to yield 9%.  Maximum is $10,000, but if bought with a tax refund can add another $15,000.  Not bad for a govt guaranteed interest payment.Could be a paywal...

Seems like prop 19 has passed in California. What's the best strategy with this new law, that will reassess rental property taxes to fair market value, if passed to your heirs. Since the law does not take into effect...

So I purchased my first investment property two years ago and have been slowly rehabbing it while house hacking with a couple of roommate tenants. Through this process I have been putting every dime I make into this h...

So, there is a thread out there about a newbie wanting to buy a Lambo and given that he just started, and had no money at the time, most people consensus is that buying a Lambo would not be a good idea at that time...

Hello BP!I've very new to BP, but have lurked and engaged a couple times over the past weeks. I was hoping for some problem solving ideas and honest opinions on my potential First deal (My Parents' out-of-state vacat...