Patrick Bavaro
Is “dumb data” holding property managers back? Startup validation
Hey everyone, I’m working on a platform concept called RentKeep that focuses on providing property intelligence to help property managers make data-driven decisions to increase their NOI. This concept is currently in ...
Phillip Richardson
Franchises
Hello everyone:I am a recently new member to BP, and wanted to reach out to the Bigger Pockets community and seek advice regarding Franchises. I am looking at acquiring a commercial property on a heavily trafficked lo...
Ryan Garza
When can I begin to Write off business expenses?
Hello Community! I am just starting out in the real estate investing world and am currently looking for my first investment property. I'm planning to form a LLC as soon as possible. My question is, as soon as I for...
Arun Gokhale
How to account for new Vacant property?
Hi All,I haven't come across an answer to this specific instance. In 2015 I purchased a run down multi-family property. I have been renovating it, putting in ~30k in 2015. Now in 2016 we will soon be renting out the ...
Arif Siddiqi
Real Estate Tax question
Just had my 2018 taxes done, it was my first year as real estate investor and for better part of the year, I was working to increase my real estate knowledge base by attending both paid and unpaid seminars, reading re...
Daniel MacKenzie
New Investor from Kelowna BC Canada
Hello all,I am a complete newbie to real estate investing and would love any and all types of advice on getting started. I am interested in finding some local people in Western Canada or Canada in general to connect w...
John Neuman
New Investor from Kelowna BC Canada
Hello all,
I am a complete newbie to real estate investing and would love any and all types of advice on getting started. I am interested in finding some local people in Western Canada or Canada in general to connect...
Thant Thurane
Completely New to Real Estate Investing! Newbie from Myanmar!
Hi, my name is Thant Thurane and I am 26 years old. I was born and raised in Myanmar but graduated from Boston University with an Economics Degree in 2012. I am currently running my own start-up promotional item busin...
Jeremy Karja
Can I still write off some expenses for last year w/out LLC ?
Hi BP,Quick tax question. I am setting up my LLC this year but I have some RE expenses from last year? With other businesses in the past I still wrote those off I thought without an official business set up but I may...
Zack Bloom
Using Crowdfunding for Investment Capital - The Next Big Thing
A very interesting read on using equity crowdfunding for real estate investment capital - http://miamiherald.typepad.com/the-starting-gate/2.... Different from donation based crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, equit...