Robert Goldman
Why don’t investers, who rent homes, pay their property taxes?
I am noticing quite a few homes that are 2-3 years past due on their property taxes and none of them are mortgaged. They are up for a tax deed auction because they have 2-4 years of tax liens and some are rented out t...
Matt Salazar
is an LLC the best way to hide income??
I have an Ex wife who will be taking me to court in the near future, I am trying to structure my business entities for that. Any good ideas?
Benjamin Z. Pickens
Tenants want to own, but....
Currently, I have 1 rental property that has a mortgage. The tenants are eager to own the property as there are upgrades they would like to do. I am working with them on a lease option. The catch is they seem to refus...
Harrison Liggett
What to do when a tenant wants to break lease
I’ve dealt with these in the past and they have mostly been case-by-case but wanted to know what you all might do. We have a tenant who wants to leave (because of a new job out of town) a whole 9 months before his lea...
Benjamin Amaral
Wind Storm Damage to Car - Tenant requesting deductible be paid
One of the tenants in my duplex uses the driveway to park their 2 personal vehicles. During a significant wind storm, many small/medium branches came down into the driveway and out into the road from a large tree that...
Aaron Hunt
Can you gift part equity of a home each year to avoid gift tax?
Question for RE / tax gurus:If a property is worth $100k, can two parents gift 50% equity of a property to their child and their spouse in one calendar year (2018), and the remaining 50% of equity the following calend...
Holly Gauper
Short Sales turned Foreclosure and then taken off the market
My husband and I found the perfect house and put an offer on it about a month ago. It's a short sale and we offered pretty much what they were asking for it and then started the waiting game.
I got a call a f...
John Havel
Buying non-performing notes to purchase real estate
Recently heard about buying mortgage notes and it got me thinking about potentially using this strategy in the future for acquiring real estate. Anything you can tell me about this especially in the case of non-perfor...
Raja Shine
Tenant moved out breaking lease; default on rent since move out.
Description:-
Tenant was on a 20 month lease (Oct '23 - June '25) on a single family home/Texas. He "talked about" the possibility of an early lease termination 6 months into his lease Apr '24 due to a new high pa...
Brandon Turner
How do you turn down sellers on the phone?
Hey folks!I'm putting together some "scripts" for BiggerPockets members (and my own REI Business!) and I'm wondering what your best method is for rejecting sellers. Here's what I mean:You get a phone call, and the sel...