I am lucky enough to have the house next door to my residence become available at a good price. I have been fixing it up since June. One thing I have noticed is that I am constantly going back to my garage for a too...

I wanted to see if there were any tax experts who have ever rented rooms out in their home. The answer my enrolled agent who is not a real estate expert gave me did not seem to make logical sense to me and I wanted to...

I have a somewhat easy, but worthwhile question. I have a tenant that has paid like clockwork since beginning a two year lease in March. In my lease agreement it requires the tenant to notify me of any adults that ...

First I'm very thankful for any helpful advice. Location: Omaha, NEMy wife of 5 years and I have 3 young children and have lived in our mortgaged home for 4 years.  We have a FHA loan and put down 3.5%.  We purchased ...

According to the latest statistics we have now reached the point in this country where 49.5% of the population pays zero income tax. I'm pretty good at math so I've come up with the number of 50.5% do pay some income ...

So, I've been a lurker on BP for several months and following real estate sporadically for several years.  At one point I even got my license just for kicks and hung it "inactive". A few months ago, for the first time...

In between my day job and keeping busy while bored, I stumble accross houses that would be great investment candidates. Essentially, I am finding "driving for dollars" leads. I'm not yet committing full time to wholes...

The thought of partnering up with a homeowner to fix and flip crossed my mind, and wanted to get thoughts on the idea. These would be people with homes that need some work, and are looking to sell. They would get to s...

Hello, I've been renting my house with the se management company for 3 years as I'm in Venezuela and can't do much from there. Last time we rented, since we dont know the Florida Laws for renting a property, the compa...

My wife and I have been saving up and educating ourself on real estate investing. Our goal is to have 7k in positive cash flow in 5 years. We both currently work full time, and we would like for her to not have to wor...