Stephen M.R. Covey, highly sought after and successful speaker, author, and advisor on trust, leadership, and ethics, as well as son of Stephen Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, believes change and efficienc...

hey all.  I need the wisdom of this ever so intelligent website to answer some questions for me.  My real estate agent, lawyer, and estate planner do not have a good enough response for this so I was thinking of reach...

Hello everyone. I'm interested in lending money out using a self directed RRSP or TFSA account (I'm Canadian). They are called Arms length mortgages in Canada. I was wondering if anyone has done this before and can of...

My Stepson's real father is a realtor for a company here in the same town and he has been trying his hardest to get me to buy a property off of him for months now. At first i told him if he brings me a good enough dea...

Hi,Does selling a single family home and taking the profit to reinvest in a multifamily syndication qualify as a ‘like kind’ investment? I have held the asset for 6 years so it is not a short term investment.  Thanks

This year my AGI was over $150k and therefore passive income loss limitations eliminated my ability write off losses from my rentals. I am not a real estate professional and I don't see that as a viable path at this t...

Hi, We are a married couple and own a primary residence in Bay Area, CA and another investment property in Redmond, WA. We recently setup a trust in California. My attorney mentioned that the state of Washington has v...

Hey what are you doing outside of an LLC for asset protection in regards to rental property? I have heard of these "bullet proof" irrevocable trust but I haven't met anyone personally that has had one set up for them....

Hi All,Here's a little story for you....We purchased a property and resold using Owner Financing and used an attorney for the closing. We and the buyer completed and returned all paperwork to complete the transaction ...

Hey BP family,I hope everyone had a great 4th weekend!I had found a deal here in Austin, TX and was talking to a private lender/partner about the deal (not on BP to my knowledge). This person ended up going around me ...