I have seen many examples of 'cash flow analysis' Rental Income minus expenses, mortgage payments, and expected vacancy rate (let me know if I'm leaving something out). However I would believe that the rental income i...

I never intended to become a landlord.  Bought house new for 300K in 2006 at the height of the real estate boom.  Refinanced in 2012 on a 20 year loan at 4% through HARP.  House now worth 240K.  I now owe about 160K o...

Land taxation should replace all other forms of state taxation. For the reasons that I will describe below many economists, tax theorists, politicians, and philosophers have strongly advocated for land taxation to be...

Good evening Bigger Pockets community,

Thanks for reading. I currently work as a realtor in the south jersey area (as a side job). However, I am looking to start investing my commissions in rental properties, or flip...

The deal is that there are 4 units (2br each), the place is fully rented and needs zero work to keep rented.  It will need a little plaster and paint work when/if the tenants turn over.  The place brings a monthly ren...

Wanted to throw this out to see what you thought. Obviously, one red flag, but if everything else checks out, it seems like it might be ok. Would you consider these tenants?Rent is $1200, and I’m required 3x that for ...

Hello,So I'm brand new to REI and in fact cannot truly put the "I" on the end of that acronym yet. So far I have just been researching and trying to take in as much information as possible. I realize that you study al...

I have been in a partnership with my father-in-law for about 15 years wherein we bought land on a major interstate frontage road and developed & built commercial office warehouse buildings (we still have 10 of the...

Lease option tenant, section 8 tenant, or just a regular month to month tenant? In my opinion, I see benefits to the lease option tenant because they are renting to buy a house which means they will take better care o...

When getting your appraisals done do you think they usually give a fair value, What is your experience ?