For those who use a property manager (particularly for out of state rentals), do you have to have them listed as an employee of your Single member LLC, or can you consider this as an expense(not an employee) to the LLC ?

Dear BP,I recently won a house at auction, the power is off, and there is water & mold in the basement.  Once I get the deed in about 30 days, I'd like to go in and fix the place up.  What is the best way to appro...

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How do you determine how much a reno is going to cost? I don't have enough experience yet to estimate costs myself and I'm new to the area and don't have an established relationship with any contrac...

Hello, I have one property in Texas that I’ve had a property manager for since we are military and move often. We now have a property in Colorado Springs that will be rented out when we get orders again. My question i...

Just to be clear, I don't have my license yet, but am about to start the process. My main concern right now is that I will only be able to do RE part time as I already have a full-time job, and I've heard that many br...

Hey allI am looking to rent our home out in the winter Jan - March/April. Wanted to find out what site ppl think is the best to use for this. Furniture finders was recommended to us. we are in Delaware beach area. Mil...

Hi all,I can use software to conduct 95% of all property / tenant / cleaning  tasks, except... for showing the property to interested tenants.I don't know that this would be an issue, as I'll be doing MTRs and most fo...

Hi everyone,I took a real estate class and my instructor mentioned he hates having his information in there so he has it in a trust to prevent people from figuring out what properties he has or information in general....

I am being taken to small claims court by a former tenant. Court date is in September.

Any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated.

I have pictures from before he moved in and when he moved out.

I also pr...

I just bought my first property I am working with a lawyer charging $260 / hour. I have no idea what the standard rate is for these services ism particularly in Ohio, so if someone can provide some input here it would...