Robin Searle
Short term rentals being assessed as commercial property
I'm curious if any other counties are looking at changing the assessment of residential short term rentals to commercial for the purposes of property tax like El Paso County (Colorado Springs) is? This idea was recen...
Brendan M Hornung
Knoxville for Beginners?
Hi all,I live in Santa Monica and am looking to buy my first investment properties before the end of the year. Ultimately, I would love to scale to a large portfolio over 10 years, but to get started, I want a fixer m...
Jade Williams
Finance or pay cash
So I know Cash is always king but how do most of you Landlords buy, Cash or Credit?
Andrew Werner
Ideas for creative financing on a commercial space?
I visited with a friend the other day who had converted a 5,000 sq. ft. commercial warehouse into a living space/art studio in Inglewood CA. It was really well done. They live in the front 1,500 ft, and the rest is ...
Ryan E.
Older duplexes needing major repairs - Is there a deal?
I'm hoping for suggestions on ANY possible way to make some money on a packaged multi-family deal I've just inspected (off-market, but broker involved). At this point I am leaning to walking away from it. The deal i...
Syed Rizvi
Tax Efficient Way to Cash Out of Stocks to Purchase Property
Hi BPer's,I'd like to convert some of my stock and bond holdings to cash and then purchase an owner-occupied investment property with those funds (using the FHA loan, probably less than 10% down payment). I have held ...
Tricia O'Brien
Transferring Old IRA funds to New Solo 401K ?
If I set up a Solo 401K now, can I transfer IRA assets from an old IRA I established 2 years ago into the new 401K? I'm referring to an old IRA that holds stock mutual fund (say a Janus Fund). Or is the Solo 401K o...
Dan C.
is it important to replace a gravity (octopus) furnace for safety?
BP furnace experts - do you consider it important to replace a gravity furnace (often referred to as an "octopus") for safety reasons?
A duplex I've had for eight years has one of these. I do make certain t...
Ethan H.
Pumped about finding an Owner Financed deal....with a twist.
My brother and I are pretty excited, we closed on a Duplex in Nampa that was being offered as an Owner Finance. This makes 12 units in the last 11 months that we have been able to close on! But this one had an interes...
Andri Artayudianto
Zoning and Unrelated tenants limit per unit
Hi BP, I see a lot of duplexes and triplexes that are actually RSA-5 districts as apposed to RM districts. And many units housing unrelated persons above the legal limit of number set by the city (5-6 unrelated people...