Michael Plaks
EXPLAINED: Depreciation - myths & reality
Years ago, I was at a CPA conference, and the lecturer finished 30 minutes early. Unheard of, I know, but it did happen. He asked us what we wanted to learn in the remaining 30 minutes. And 300 CPAs in the room almost...
Vickie Liu
Buying a Primary Residence but with Leases in Place
Hi BP experts,I'm looking to house hack in the greater Boston area by buying a 2-family property, using one unit as a primary residence and another unit for rental. I saw a good candidate but the problem is there're a...
Tim Albright
Tax Planning Strategies/CPA Help
Greetings,
My wife and I are just flirting with the idea of jumping into real estate investing. I am retired and working on career #2. We have three children; two in college, one leaving for college next year. All of...
David Lutz
The Myth of Cashflow – and understanding how to reserve properly and model.
Let me start by saying I am all in on RE. I have an MBA, spent years learning about RE before I pulled the trigger. And when I did, I bought 5 houses worth over $1M in 18 months with only $100K of my own money. So I f...
Brenda Whittaker
What to do with all this money
Upon selling a rental property that was my school of hard knocks, I find myself with enough money to pay off some but not all of my horrendous debt. I have very little income though, not enough to live off of. I know...
Dan Host
Financial folks, I'm stumped. What's my best first loan option?
Hey there! Sorry for the long post. The urgency will be clear by the end, I promise. I'm ready to buy (or so I thought) my first investment property. I've got great personal credit, about $70k in liquid assets that I'...
Daniel Petta
Commercial portfolio lending help
Hey everyone,I'm pursuing a whole deal for this portfolio of two properties (9 unit apartment / quadplex) and having trouble finding financing options and was hoping for some advice.I am new to real estate investing ...
Andreas Mueller
Is the 1031 Exchange at Risk? Inside the Court's Chevron Decision.
Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
Coming at you live from Nashville, TN.
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Laura Williams
I lose $20k/year - help me w/ my strategy!
Sooo I have three houses that are all former primary residences that are now rentals. None of the homes were bought with the intention to rent them out, so the sale price and mortgages weren't optimized to be rentals....
Lafi S.
HAFA program from Bank of America
It seems one of my files is nearing approval with BofA. I just received an email from the negotiator stating that their vendor sent out paperwork for the homeowner to sign up for the HAFA program if he chooses to do s...