Arjay Vergara
Me and My wife's first rental income check! Philadelphia PA
My wife and I just did our first deal in Philadelphia PA and got our first rent check on June 15, 2017! Ive been on the forums since ~December of 2015. Prior to that, I never thought of real estate as a viable way of ...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Gunnar F.
Any reason not to take depreciation on a rental property?
My current accountant has apparently not been taking depreciation on my rental properties every year. I am a rank novice in this area. Just wondering whether there could be any strategic benefit to not taking the dep...
Maarifa Arnett
Bad neighborhood, Bad house, should I?
Another dilapidated property that my family owns in Memphis that they have stopped paying on. The back tax is around 5k. The house looks like this My family said if I pay back tax the house is mine. I would do most of...
Andrew Major
Markets, and New Beginnings
Like many of you, I recently read Rich Dad, Poor Dad and want to make a change to my life. I am currently an Army Officer in the Logistics Corps. I have 3 years left in my military contract but would like to start o...
Derrick Jordan
Properties in Atlanta under 30k, 1st purchase buy and hold
Finally purchased my 1st investment property in Atlanta after wanting to do so for 8 years!!!!!!Purchase: listed for 25k I paid 18K cash.Property: 3/1 bedroom originally built in 1930 rehabbed in 2004. Located in West...
Lisa Carter
Investor from California
My husband and I are looking to invest in the Midwest and are looking for deals. We are fun to work with and looking forward to masterminding together.
Branden Vandette
Letting a property go from unpaid taxes and credit consequences
I made a bad investment on a cheap warehouse in Detroit for my landscaping business. I paid for in cash for 20k 4 years ago. It's in a very bad area and it got broken into a couple of times. Not feeling safe I moved ...
Luke Pierce
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal
View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.I am in the process of looking for a second property, and am currently exploring some ideas in small multi...
Mariana Pasin
Furnished Student Rentals
Hello BP community,On the idea of furnished rentals for students, which of these markets would work best: Houston, Austin or somewhere else? (Thought of Texas because long term rentals there are good as backup plan). ...