Dennis Tierney
Do you disclose a haunting?
I had a friend ask last evening if she needs to disclose to prospective tenants that their half of a duplex may be haunted. Not having any experience with this I thought I'd ask BP. She bought it as a rehab and in the...
Anton Ivanov
How I ran a direct mail campaign with 20% response rate & 4 sales
I recently shared my story about how I grew my rental portfolio to 35 rental units and $10k+ in monthly cash flow in about 5 years. Here is the link if you haven't see it.Part of my strategy lately has been doing smal...
Scott Trench
REPS And Active Losses and Gains
Hi tax pros - I have a question about REPS status.First, selfishly, do you believe that my job as CEO of BiggerPockets, which I spend obviously spend essentially all working hours on, and dwarfs activities involving m...
Marissa Myers
Calif’s new granny unit law & ADU flips: is CA the next Portland?
I am happy that California has passed a new law that eases restrictions on secondary units, effective January 1. When Portland did something similar, it sparked an ADU boom. Permitted ADU projects skyrocketed, and a c...
Brian Jackson
Most positive cash flow cities, tax friendly states, Landlord friendly states?
I am in Southern California and plan to purchase and keep a long term rental property locally even though its cash flow negative and the landlord tenant rights aren't great because I know the area and can do repairs o...
Ahmed Moussa
Sacramento Buy and Holders - any out there right now?
Hey Fellow BP'ers,I've started working with a RE agent in the Sacramento area to help identify possible buy and hold properties <$150k to be rented out. I've even expanded the search to condos with lower HOA fees &...
Rich Weese
Taxes, Taxes, taxes!!!!!
I have many posts and blogs about my extreme dislike for Income Taxes. I've been working on last years' return and I may end up paying something. That is very frustrating and I committ to work harder in the future to ...
Aaron Ray
How to Work a Full-Time Job and Start Investing
So, I really want to get involved in real estate investing, preferably buy and holds, but I love my job. What are some things I can do to, at minimum, start getting my foot in the door? I just graduated college this p...
Mike Schorah
What’s the Maryland wholesaling bill that’s trying to make wholesaling illegal?
I heard they’re trying to make wholesaling illegal in Maryland.
I guess you’ll only be able to do 2 deals a year in Maryland. It looks similar to the Illinois law, but you’ll be able to do 2 deals a year, not 1 dea...
Shane W.
Stopped telling people I'm getting into real estate
When I decided about a month ago that real estate is the answer for what I've been looking for, I started to tell people about my new direction. However when I would tell anyone this I would always get the "yeah good ...