Robert Lasko
Investing out of town? Am I Crazy!?
Hello friends! My name is Bob Lasko and I just joined BP yesterday. I'm amazed at the depth of knowledge on this site. My wife and I fell into the real estate investment game by accident. We own a 3 bed 2 bath bran...
Kevin Tarver
Time shares your thoughts
As a newbie I wanted everyone's thoughts on buying one. Is it a step forward or back? I look at life like i look at a casino.. the games with the best chances to are fewest on the floor...
Account Closed
water bills/ baltimore city
anyone have any experience how making your tenants pay this ridiculously high bill more palatable/ efficient??
Christina Brown
Vacation rental markets Hawaii versus Oregon
Hi, looking to get some insight on vacation rental markets. We have been looking in multiple areas, and have been looking into Hawaii versus Oregon coast . We were looking at Portland/Bend/San Diego but the prices are...
Stefanie Willie-Bonglo
Hard $ vs. line of credit
Hello all, my husband and I are planning to buy our first flip in 2016. We are new to bigger pockets and are loving all of the amazing advice and community tips! I've previously been in the mortgage industry and have ...
Blake Lawrence
Avoiding 1 or 2 night gaps in Short Term Rentals
I have co-owned a property in Maui, while my partners did the management aspect. I am taking over the management and buying out their half. In the past, when a vacationer has requested a stay and left a 1 or 2 day ga...
Fred Stevenson
Allowable tax deductions
I'm an active investor, but I don't qualify as a professional REI. I'm trying to understand what types of business related expenses I can deduct. I have created an LLC that I will be using to buy my investment prope...
Robert Ruiz
The Most Annoying Thing About Real Estate Investing
You know what bugs the Dickens out of me!? What I just don't understand? It seems like every home i have ever purchased or rehabbed has had this Problem. I know its all just a conjured up marketing trick thought up by...
Dustan Marshall
how many units till i reach retirement
I am always thinking of the long term. I only have a few units now but my plan is to buy one unit every year (by doing a cash out Refi from the previous year). The idea is to purchase enough units to suppliment a co...
Burt L.
Judge Awarded X-Girlfriend Part of the House - He wants Out Of It
Heard from an owner whose former girlfriend got a judgement against him in 1980 for a house he bought as a single person in 1975. The former was awarded 20% of the house. A few years ago that 20% ownership was quit-cl...