Majour Bey
Infestation - Rat/roach?
Hey Guys,
I recently took over a rental property that my father was going to allow to foreclose. The property has been rented out by primarily, the same tenants throughout his tenure. Here is my issue; this is a two...
Tim Blanchard
Truebooks CPA advisors…worth it?
Hey guys,
I own two vacation rental properties with a 50% partner and personally manage them myself. Both properties have a fair amount of amenities since they’re on the water and one has a pool.
After listening to...
Tim L.
First Deal: Closed!
Hey BP, After 6 months of getting beaten up by cash paying investors, 2 realtors, and endless hours of research, I was finally able to locate and secure a property which we closed on yesterday. I can't imagine doing ...
Chris G.
Regarding the 2% rule. It seems unreasonable in my market.
Hello,I am looking to purchase a house on Long Island, NY. Potentially a multi-family where I would live in half of it. I have been listening to the podcasts and they keep mentioning the 2% rule where each months re...
Richard Mann
Investing in new area
I expect that at some point, possibly sooner than later, we will be investing in areas that we are not totally familiar with. If you do not have any contacts in the area how would you go about determining the viabi...
Jared Reimer
Real Estate Market Analysis Essentials
If you're buying or selling your investment property, it is essential that your Realtor provide you with an in depth real estate market analysis during the process. As a seller, a market analysis will help you unders...
Zachary Gilula
Doing Due Diligence on an old Gas Station?
Hi everyone,I'm evaluating the viability of a property that is an old gas station and I want to make sure I know everything related to it. It's been sitting vacant for up to 8 years and it's owned by the county becaus...
Carlos Bello
Is Forcing Depreciation a thing?
So I was recently on the hunt for a new CPA, one that focused on Real Estate strategies. One interesting strategy he mentioned that really stuck out to me was "forcing depreciation". He didn't elaborate too much on th...
Ronald Cooperman
Section 8 portfolio
We own 30 rental SFR row homes properties outside Philadelphia. I am thinking of building a section 8 portfolio. I am looking for advise on should we buy 2,3,4,5 bedroom places?
we want families as tenants what p...
K W
Appraisals
We are in the process of refinancing our home to combine a first and second at the lower rates. We are in a mountain resort area in California and based on things I'd seen around town, thought our home would appraise ...