Neil Copeland
Reducing Income Tax Strategies
Need some help from some seasoned professionals. I had a great discussion with my CPA today about a number of things that I needed to know, and she really tuned me up. I will have a solo 401k soon, and I already hav...
Johnny Yeung
Where to hire a lawyer?
Hi BP, I ran into a situation like: I have several properties in Orlando and I'm currently living in LA, California. My PM suggests me to put all my properties in either LLC or Land trust for better asset protection a...
Pavel K.
BRRRR: Do you use refinance into an LLC or Conventional?
Hi all -- I am looking for some feedback on Conventional financing vs Commercial financing.If you purchase a property in cash, renovate + do a cash out refinance -- do you typically do the refinance into an LLC/commer...
Michael Ash
Idaho Investment Property
I am a new investor and have been analyzing deals in CA for the last few months. My goal is to achieve a 6% cash on cash, after-tax, return. The best I can get here in the central valley of CA is about 4.5%. On a whim...
Marci Stein
Tenant liabilty/insurance?
,About to rent out my first house to a couple with 5 y.o. who wants to have a small pool in front yard. Rather than ask her to buy tenant insur, I was thinking to put a clause in the lease, stateing I have no responsa...
Kevin Jackson
Zillow.com
How accurate is zillow.com when determining the true appraised value of your home?
Leonard Spicer
North City Properties In Good Condition
I understand that most investors run away from properties in North City Saint Louis - Primarily because of high crime rates and the low chances of appreciation. But what is the best way to help motivated sellers who j...
Ravi Patel
sheriffs sale status meanings
I was wondering if anyone knew the difference between that status meanings when looking at a sheriff sale. Specifically there is Active vs Active (P). Does the active (p) just mean that its pending and i shouldnt wast...
Amir Navabpour
Accelerated Depreciation/Cost Seg studies-what order?
I think I have decided I want to do cost seg studies on my portfolio to accelerate depreciation. My current CPA does not have experience doing them. For those of you who have done this, in what order do you recommen...
Edwin E.
New guy in Phoenix, Arizona
Hi BP members. I'd like to introduce myself. I'm a beginner Real Estate Investor and I'm here to learn from the pros and share my experiences with the ones coming behind me. I'm interested mostly in SFR's and right no...