Austin White
Short Term Rental Loophole and Alternative Minimum Tax Impact
Community - My wife and I are high-income earners, each with salaries greater than $150,000 per year. We file separately for a student loan strategy. We purchased, renovated, and placed our first short term rental in ...
Eric Lahoda
Ugh - Design selection
How do you find and compensate a good designer for overall material choices and color selections? I think I'm pretty good with most aspects of rehabbing. But I am very slow at designing choices. I know what I do or do...
Michell Chase
Using lines of credit short term to DSCR closing costs…
I’ve already purchased 1 rental property (a duplex) this year with a conventional mortgage. I withdrew from my 401k for that as I am retired. I would like to buy my second duplex using DSCR loan which will require a...
Michael M.
Hire a property manager = no hassle?
Hi All,So I have a job pulling in easy 60 hour/week and thought about the whole "do it yourself handy man" type deal with a rental property but honestly I don't think it'd be beneficial / efficient for my end.Whats ev...
Edward Acker
Property managing for STR… self managing vs online or local companies
Hey all, wife and I are getting into our first STR in Bonita Springs. Wondering if we should learn the bumps in the road now and try to self manage with some recommended tools or to put our property in the hands of a ...
Scott Trench
1,000 Posts, Two Properties, A New Career, Scaling Happily
I guess it's a little bit of a tradition to post to the success stories forums when you get to 1,000 posts. So here goes mine. I joined the BiggerPockets community about two years ago in May of 2014. You can see my f...
Philip Cutting
Setting up a New Property Management company in Columbus Ohio
Hi guys,I run a management company for my own properties. But as my portfolio is getting larger I'm looking to take that part of my business more seriously. My long term goal is to have 1000's of unit's anyways, so ...
Sandra Regnell
Section 8 rentals - Washington State
Am I required to participate in Section 8 if someone with a voucher applies? I listed my requirements and the applicant told me, before applying her income didn’t meet minimum requirements. I am not well versed in Sec...
Thomas Harris
Should I raise the rent closer to market on good tenants?
Hi everyone, I know this question has been asked many times before, but I need to settle a disagreement with my wife so I am unfortunately asking it again. I apologize for the length of this post. Please bear with me....
Thomas Moran
Cracked Brick - Would this be a deal breaker for you?
Hey BP folks -New investor here looking to close on my first deal. I've sifted through a huge pipeline of deals and have narrowed it down to two. The most promising one is a brick ranch 3bed 1.5 bath...1300 sq ft thro...