Mike Dotson
New Investor - Illinois
Hello, I am relatively new to real estate investing and looking for suggestions for areas to invest in Illinois/Wisconsin. Specifically, I am looking to buy and hold and build up a portfolio. I’ve watched many of the...
Thayer Hood
Advantages of using a Project Manager for oversight with your GC
I have a slew of investors who have constantly inquired about using a Project Manager to make sure the communication and timeline with the GC is flawless (or as close as possible). I was curious if anyone has advice o...
Nate White
Sweat Equity hourly pay question
If I want to pay myself an hourly wage out of my real estate business putting sweat equity into an investment property, do I have to fill out a W-9 form?
Bernon Fernandez
I'm looking to learn by providing value
Hello, I am new to RE and eager to learn the ropes. I have been trying to self-educate for a about a year now and one of my first resources was Bigger Pockets. In addition to this, I recently took a job with a Real Es...
Phil C.
Tracking assistant hours
Greeting!I am self-managing my properties with some help from my handy friends. As the number of doors is growing, I plan to hire a local assistant to help me with tasks like answering emails and text messages, schedu...
Kevin Wattenbarger
New To Buildium.. Any tips??
Hello BP:
I recently signed up and started setting up Buildium. So far, I am pretty impressed and happy with the product. I currently self manage 16 units and have brought on an assistant to help me with property man...
Christopher Jordan
First time STR in Hawaii to offset capital gains?
Hello Bigger Pockets, I'm a newbie. I just sold my business and in looking for ways to offset capital gains taxes stumbled across a strategy in which a STR can write off all depreciation in year one via a cost segrega...
James Pignataro
Self Directed IRA
Hello Bigger Pockets,I have a significant amount of capital in a retirement account and not enough capital in the bank to purchase my next investment property. Does anyone have experience with a self-directed IRA in ...
Amir Khan
Have you done out-of-state/town STR for at least 5 years?
I've never done STR but have plenty of experience with LTR. While I understand the fundamentals of STR, I would like to understand bit more. If you have done STR as out-of-state and/or out-of-town investor for at leas...
James Zachary
Rolling over an old 401K into real estate
Does anybody have any advice on rolling over a 401K into long term real estate investments from a previous employer? I heard that it can be done but I’m having a tough time finding information about it on the interweb...