We're doing some planning for next year to reduce taxes and I was hoping some of our more astute investors could give me some ideas about generating large depreciation expenses to reduce passive income.  The following...

Hi, I'm Florent from Toronto, Ontario.Newbie at investing in general, I have decided to start looking into it a few months ago and I am now ready to make a move.I currently work a full time job as an engineer and I wo...

I expected this to be a popular question, but I've looked around and at least on google almost all answers look like they were written by the brokerage marketing departments. So I figured I should try here: I live in ...

Long story short. Found a great deal. Found a private lender to provide the 20% down to purchase the property. In the process of getting qualified for a conventional loan, was told I was unable to use a “gift” of ...

Hello All Summary of my qn , if you don't have much time :what was the best source of information you found when you were starting in real estate investing ? It could be a book , a course , a mentor ( doesn't matter w...

I was born in a small town in Southern Illinois. And then I moved. About 27 times, which makes moving a non-issue to me.I bought my first condo in 1998, and very little remodeling increased the value 50%! Pocketing al...

This post may not get much traction but through to throw it out there.How are Note & R/E investors out there teaching their children about what they do?The other day, I was picking up a rent check from a tenant an...

Any suggestions on how to most cost effectively address this issue on an electric stove that's maybe 10 years old, if that?

I am currently in the process of reviewing a few options for our first rental property purchase and I was wondering what a typical return looks like on financed investments? I have read that the basic rule of thumb is...

Hello BP,     So, last year I picked up a 1,900 sf rental property which was a 2 bed 2 bath.  It had a large finished basement so I was able to section off two areas and make additional bedrooms out of them.   It is c...