William Leahy
New Federal tax bill and the second home market
Greetings BPers, I'm curious to hear opinions from those of you in vacation markets on the effects of the new tax bill on the second home market for 2018. My gut tells me that retail buyers will hesitate and put down...
Daniel Klucas
Trump Tax Reform to Capital Gains Exemption for Primary Residence
We are in an odd position if this tax reform to the capital gains for primary residence gets passed as planned. We've owned our primary residence since October 2014. Since we had over an acre of land we had it survey...
Christina Tabacco
Self Directed Solo 401K
Thank you to all who have posed over the years the benefits of a Solo 401K vs Self directed IRA. Correct me if I am wrong but from what I have read here as a self employed agent with an LLC, a Solo 401k would be a b...
Maikeli Niu
Are Turnkey Investments Worth It?
Dear BP Community,I am a new investor looking to start my real estate investing career. I am currently an Active Duty Army SM and don't have the time or team to find deals. Nor do I have a specific state that I call h...
Tristan S.
Strategy to get the best mortgage rate possible in Houston
Hello everybody,I am about to get my very first mortgage here in Houston, TX. What is the best strategy to get the lowest interest rate possible? I should be getting a classic 20% down for 30 years.I feel like going f...
Ethan Miller
Thoughts on first fix and flip
Background information: I am looking to grow my investments and found a small two story, 2 bedroom ~1000sq ft house in a town about an hour drive from me. They are asking $10,000 with an estimated rehab cost of $15,00...
Juan Rubio
should I pursue a commercial property as my first deal?
Hey guys, so my mind has been going all over the place lately trying to figure out what is the best strategy for me to start investing. I've been researching commercial and it looks very appealing, should I start taki...
Bob Ross
Do you really need to be handy to be a landlord?
I want to buy a three family home. I am not handy at all, most people I talk to say not to get into a multi family property if I’m not handy. Is this true? Should I take their advice? Though I know other who have said...
Pancham G.
How we made $5000 on two weekends i.e. 4 nights on a $135k condo!
First of all, I would like to thank BP and BP community because this deal has BP written all over it. This property was first mentioned in the post on BP here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/15... Afte...
Rob Barry
Where did I go wrong? Section 8 Horror Story.
So In late 2018 I bought a package of five of those small brick houses you see all over Georgia (less than $70k each) and had the brilliant idea to renovate them and rent them out via section 8. Today I got a $14,000 ...