What can you do if you have more than $500K in equity when selling your primary residence? Can you "1031" the balance or any other restructure to not pay tax on the gains? 

Anyone ever considered investing in a commercial property located in a FEMA designated AE Flood zone?  I've got an opportunity to invest in one now and I'm not sure I want to take the risk.  The seller said the Floor ...

I am going to walk through a property on Wednesday and it got me to thinking. How is everyone out there getting a good estimate of repair costs? Does anyone have a spreadsheet, document or formula that they use?

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I am looking to buy and hold a SFR in neighborhood of $60-$80K with CAP rates of 9%+. Philly interests me because it offers those numbers and it's only 2 hours drive from me (I live in DC).  However, I am hearing mixe...

What can be done when you're looking for the ARV but there is no fully rehabbed houses in the area? 

I want to start with my first deal out of state, but I've been looking a lot of houses and neighborhoods but the ones I qualified with a conventional loan has to be livable, so I can't buy something that I can gain eq...

After a lot of researching, reading, and planning, I'm getting closer to purchasing my first property. The goal is to buy a cashflow rental condo unit. I settled on a condo unit for a few reasons: in my target town, a...

Hi, I'm 52 and looking towards retirement. I'm thinking about real estate investment in my area of south Orange County CA. I bought a condo about 3.5 years ago. I met my future wife and we bought a house in the sam...

If I'm reading the various threads correctly, in the CARES act, landlords who have other primary work like a full time day job, and they are limited to treating real estate as passive income/loss aren't getting any be...

Hi all,I just installed a $250 Nest thermostat in a unit.Is that added to the cost basis, or can I deduct it as personal property?Thanks!