Hi everyone, what are your thoughts on incorporating comprehensive Energy Efficiency upgrades into residential real estate sales and also investment strategies? For example, upgrading all lightbulbs to LEDs, appliance...

I'm in Calgary, Canada. I currently own my own home (no outstanding debt) - typical single family starter close to schools, etc. I'm purchasing a new home that has a basement suite (although a bit of work needed if I ...

Hi! I am in the process of trying to purchase my 1st multi family house hack.
My plan is to take a HELOC on my current single family home & rent it out. And move I to the multi-family.
I reached our to a mort...

I've rented on 1996 SFH to the same tenant for seven years. She has always paid the rent on time, and I never get complaints from the neighbors, but she has not taken great care of the house. I know she has had adul...

When you're hiring a contractor, how do you handle payment. Will they want payment before? If so, it doesn't make much sense to pay until you're sure the work is complete, right?

It makes sense to me to pay half be...

Hi my name is Elliott. This is my first post here. I've been saving and educating myself over the past couple years and am about ready to make my first investment in a rental property to help on my way to financial fr...

I ask this question because there are real differences in what you are allowed to deduct, capitalize and report in these two situations.

Investors that are wholesaling and flipping are typically in the business of re...

Tenant wants to know how much her last month's rent is. I use Zillow and it's showing the full amount which is $1250. However. Tenant's lease was from 10/17/22-10/16/23. Should it be pro-rated or the full amount? She ...

Hey folks, A triplex came on the MLS today piqued my interest, so I decided to analyze it. Then I thought... maybe I should record my thoughts out loud to share with the BiggerPockets audience. Maybe that'll help folk...

What the chance!  The worst wildfire in Gatlinburg, TN in a decade somehow found way to my apartment buildings in downtown (near town center).  Luckily all tenants were evacuated by police the night before and no one ...