I'm a tenant in a house under section 8.  I have been under my lease now for over a year, after the beginning of this year my lease went to month - to - month. I lost my job at the end of last due to unforeseen circum...

Can the proceeds from an investment property (held in an LLC where I am the sole manager), be used to purchase my new primary residency to avoid capital gains tax?

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Hi BF Friends,What are your thoughts about starting off in Auctions? I'm looking at a 4plex that's vacant and needs a ton of work. Is it possible to finance these deals through banks or would it have to be private len...

Here's the scenario:1) I bought a house 17 years ago in Tx for 45K.  Paid off the note.  Just sold for 90K. 45k capital gains.2) My wife owes 45k on a house she bought years ago with her ex. He quitclaimed the house t...

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BANGALORE (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp shareholders vote on Wednesday to approve the largest U.S. mortgage lender's purchase by Bank of America Corp, marking the demise of the comp...

I have great tenants who have asked twice if I would be interested in selling the house they currently rent from me to them. I bought the property a year ago and numbers wise it would not make sense to sell. They aske...

I have a unit that has three tenants lived in there.  2 tenants vacanted and the third one decided to stayed.  One of the girl, who vacated made a pet deposit of $300.  On the pet deposit agreement stated that pet dep...

What if you have a couple looking to rent and one of them meets your screening requirements but the other one doesn't? Do they both have to meet all the requirements? And specifically for income, do they?

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I have a question about a security deposit. A tenant whose lease is almost up owes a small additional amount of rent (a lesser amount than the security deposit) for part of his last month. Does the...

Hi all, first post here. I own two doors that have been managed by a PM until now and I'm transitioning to self managing very soon. Both places currently have tenants with several months remaining on their annual le...