David Lao
Depreciation to offset W2 income
This is a hypothetical situation. Billy has a day job earning $100,000 per year in California. He wants to build a real estate empire in his local market as the king of residential real estate (1-4 units). What value ...
Ryan Andersen
I might have a deal buying a mobile home park, How to start?
I am new to real estate investing and still have not made my first deal. The market in Idaho Falls and Rexburg area has been rather difficult to find any deals the conventional way. So, during my search for creative w...
Elliott Joyce
New to REI and ready to get to work in Austin Tx
Hello everyone! I'm not sure how long I should make this, but if I figured if I'm looking to work with other people, it would be good to clearly state what I'm after!My name is Elliott Joyce and I am making the jump t...
Ian D Hill
New Investor, No Money, How/Where Do I Start?
Hey guys! My name is Ian Hill and I recently moved to the Dallas/ Fort Worth area about 5 months ago. I stumbled upon real estate investing from a YouTube video and got "The Bug". I've started studying different strat...
Drew Slew
Lexington MA plot of land - teardown worth it?
Quick question for people familiar w Boston and Lexington real estate in particular. Have a plot of land that has a house on it, around 800k range, but would want to tear it down and build a new construction to make a...
William Huston
Tracking Your Properties: What do you use?
I am curious what others are using to track information on their rentals they own? it seems most use Excel....Personally the last few years i have been extremely hands off on my rentals, i have all my rentals managed ...
Bei He
Bay Area Investors: Sacramento vs. Austin?
I bought my first investment rental property in Sacramento last year. Class B neighborhood, 25% down and currently $150/month cash flow positive (not account any repairs since we did pretty much all repairs when we bo...
Mike Carstens
How do I enter the appreciation of value after a refi & cash out?
We are finally getting our business computerized and are running into a glitch. Scenario - Purchase a building for $70,000Initial improvements $25,000New value $145,000Refinance at 75% of $145,000 = $108,750 mortgage...
Anthony Adanandus
Pre-Approval For Hard Money Loan
Hello People! My name is Anthony and I'm planning to invest in my 1st fix and flip property in Bay Area Sacramento Area. With No steady income, no assets, no credit, no-cosigner, no large cash reserve or experience. H...
Ankith Chandra
Advice on First Investment
Greetings, BP members!First of all, I would like to thank this community for the motivation it has provided towards setting and working towards my goals. I am new to Real Estate and after reviewing my goals, ability, ...