If you own rental real estate, there are three different ways to treat your rental losses depending on your status. One of these is "Real Estate Professional."

First, let's dispense with one myth: Real Estate Profes...

I heard someone notable, I think Patrick David say if you're thinking about buying a house or investing today, invest but make the offer you would make a year from today. 

A lot can change in a year ie: home apprec...

Ok, I do admit I watch my fair share of Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, and several other financial news outlets in my spare time. I am not a “trader” of any investments. I seek long term hold periods of everything I invest...

I'm reposting and expanding this discussion because somehow I posted to the wrong area, and I'm hoping to get some advice.We in the process of settling this estate where we have inherited 1/6 of a commercial building,...

I'm looking at buying my first rental property that was specifically intended for rent (as opposed to my current rental which happened on accident after the crash).I just want to bounce my thoughts off of BP as a soun...

Hi, I have short term rental properties renting by the week. I take a 50% refundable deposit at reservation time, then the balance 30 days before arrival. I take deposits up to a year before arrival. For tax purpo...

Hello ladies and gents! My first post! I've tried to do some searching here but I haven't found much on RV parks. I currently do not own any real estate aside from my home, but I want to get into multifamily investing...

My brother and I own a duplex in South Florida with both sides currently rented out. We currently owe about $15K on the property and Redfin estimates the value at roughly $650k.So we have a good amount of equity we'd ...

First time investor closing on a triplex in Allegheny County. Two of the units share the same meter for gas, electric, and water and the previous owner paid all utilities. My return numbers are still positive while pa...

Can someone please explain why CAP rates are important....in simple terms???  Yeah...I am a bit slow! :)