Hi everyone, I am interested in tax planning strategy to lower my W2 tax liability and create investment opportunity through the use of creative tax strategy. Can someone offer me some suggestions?We can work with the...

Hey BP! I am a Real Estate Agent in Arizona and specialize in luxury property sales in Scottsdale, Phoenix, and Paradise Valley. I have been researching different real estate investing methods for years and have learn...

           This will be my first post on bigger pockets. I have been a member and follower for quite some time, learning as much as possible to feel more comfortable in the investment world. After lots of reading and ...

I want to make sure I rack up 750 hours doing real estate this year to get my losses counted against my W2 earnings. I have 6 units and it is taking up lots of my time.
The question is what counts ? For example to se...

I have a client who is considering investing in an empty lot in Detroit. People are under the impression they will make a fortune holding on to these empty lots, but I am not so sure. There is of course taking into ac...

Hello Everyone,I really want to learn how to rent my house and aquire another house to rent and so on. I'm very new and I don't understand a lot of the posts I've googled. Heres my situation,My mom bought and "gave" m...

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I'm working on some calculations for an apartment building. 6 story, approx 30 units. For an SFR, I typically keep about 8-10% of the homes values as cash reserves. What rule do you use for a large mul...

This post is a bit overdue as I've already turned 25 a couple of months ago, but I wanted to share my story with the BP community. When my parents were buying their first home 15 years ago, I would ride along with the...

Hi, first post here.
I live in Bellingham MA and Woonsocket RI is right next door. It's known as a not so great area. Lot of drugs and low income housing. A lot of vacant commercial spaces.

But I keep seeing 2-3 fa...

Hello,  I wanted to see what is thought about a deal I am working on at this time.  I received a call a couple of weeks ago from an owner wanting to sell his home. It is a SFR IN east Texas and he wanted too much to b...