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I live in California and own a few out of state rental properties mostly in Arizona. I'm trying to help my adult children get started investing in real estate. We are doing our homework trying to decide what market...
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SInce postlets merged into zillow, it now sucks. Wondering if anyone is using anything similar?
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Hello BP world. I am new to real estate investing. I am interested in buy and hold and possibly an occasional flip. My initial intentions will be part time and see where it takes me. I have a residential construction ...
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Is it possible to change the depreciation write off amount for tax purposes on a rental property? I was advised to use a 40% land 60% structure ratio applied to the purchase to figure out my depreciation amount (which...
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I'd like to hear from buy and hold investors as to whether or not you've sold property to move your portfolio forward and looking back was it the right decision? I posted some details of where I am at with REI. My goa...
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Hi All,I am having a tough time deciding what to do with my current situation and figured I would throw it out to everyone here.I am an agent so it makes a lot of this much easier in terms of saving fees and navigates...
Hello,I have been buying and selling for profit my primary residence for eight years. I have finally decided to start investing in income properties. I am mainly focusing on multi-family units to hold long term for ca...
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I'm currently working at a job I've been at for 14 going on 15 years that pays very well. I've also had a business that I've run for 9 years on the side. About a year ago I started investing in real estate and now hav...
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So my partner and I are stating a real estate investing company. We need to find the answer to this million dollar question. CAN AN AGENT BUY PROPERTY UNDER A BUSINESS NAME THE SAME AS AN INVESTOR CAN? we are thinking...
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Hello BiggerPockets Community! I'm Charmian, and I'm currently a graduate student in the health sciences in Southern California. I've lived most of my life in San Francisco, so I suppose I'm looking into both SF Bay A...