Jane Dang
New fence replacement on rental property is deductible or depreciation
Hi,My rental property is a single-family home. I had to replace the fences after a strong storm last year, which costed $4200 in materials and labor. Is it possible for me to declare it as a repair and deduct the expe...
Dan R.
Contract for Deed vs. Mortgage
Does anyone have any advice on the pros/cons of providing seller financing via a contract for deed vs a deed of trust? I've purchased property with seller financing using a deed of trust, but I may want to use a c...
Jason Gorham
Hard money + Private money
I always hear about how if a deal is good enough you can get into real estate with none of your own money, so I reached out to hard money lenders to get pre approved and they won’t even pre approve me unless I have 20...
Samuel McCart
What’s more important - deals or cash?
Hello all,I’ve been doing some research into creative financing and I have a couple questions. My story is my wife and I are saving up for our first house but I’m also wanting to get my first rental property so I can ...
Doug Kirk
Best Strategy for Starting Out in Real Estate
Newbie in the North Central Ohio area (Lucky me) who hopes to have about somewhere around 6 digits near the new year to start out with and cannot decide which way to go. I make good money and am single. Goal is to tr...
Alan F.
Commercial real estate Sacramento area
Is anyone seeing an increase of repurposing commercial to residential properties in the greater Sacramento area?What are your thoughts on commercial real estate in the manufacturing, retail & non dwelling building...
Christopher Raney
Turnkey investment properties
I’m currently active duty and want to get into real estate but my current schedule is pretty hectic and I would like to minimize the time I dedicate to a property (for the time being). Does anyone have any tips or rec...
Daniel Hajduga
Market Research - Furnished Finder
Hi BP Community! I'm going to dive right in - I am doing my research and due diligence on my next investment. I plan on purchasing a multifamily in Essex County here in NJ where I plan to house hack and rent out the r...
Ben Gibson
less expensive markets now or keep waiting in more expensive ones
I am wanting to purchase a SFH to use as a STVR in the San Diego area and then expand to purchasing other STVRs and LTRs in other less expensive markets. I'm starting in San Diego area at the advice of several other i...
Patrick Zanders
Here Is Marketing That Works...
Hey All,I am new to BiggerPockets, but not new to the industry. My take on this industry is that if an investor wants to put forth the effort, they can KILL IT in their local market. Let me explain what I mean...Tra...