Shuo Li
How to minimize income tax?
Hello BiggerPockets.I'm pretty new to the real estate investing business. I do not currently own any properties. My aim in to obtain 2 rental properties in the next 12 months, and scale up as I go alone.The issue (a g...
Natasha Rooney
Learning about investing! Canadian trying to invest in US real estate
Hello everyone! This is my first post. I have been interested in investing in US real estate for quite some time and have spent the summer reading books and getting a bit more familiar with it all. I can't wait to pur...
Jake Sanders
Kansas City SFH Repair & Maintenance Budget
What do you typically spend / budget for repairs and maintenance for a SFR in KC? This is probably the thing I am most unsure about when running deal analyses. I understand that this can vary a lot depending on the ag...
Ofir R.
Inspecting a property from afar
Interested in buying a rental property. My eye caught a nice property. I'm in Europe now and can't travel to Texas, is there a service that I can hire, someone unbiased who will go inspect the property for me? I've ne...
John Lubin
Shouldn't Prop Manager handle eviction?
My property manager is saying an eviction will cost ~$1000 for a lawyer. Shouldn't the property manager handle the eviction process themself, otherwise, what am I really paying them for? Tenant paid last month ~ 20 ...
Michael Sand
Buying property "subject to" vs. Adding someone to the mortgage/deed
Hello,I'm in a situation where my brother is looking to get rid of his house entirely, and I am looking to acquire it from him. The house is particularly appealing to me due to the low mortgage rate that he got in 202...
Wendell De Guzman
Real Vacancy Factor
After owning a bunch of rental properties, I realized that for Single Family Homes, your real vacancy factor is not necessarily 10%. Why? If you have a mortgage on the house, logically then, if it becomes vacant, y...
Travis Silva
Rental property opinions needed!
So I posted a while back about renting out my home with negative cashflow, and potential for a much higher equity gain YoY. I got quite a few responses, with most leaning towards the idea that negative cashflow is nev...
Shannon McKenna
Where to Focus First: the Deal Chicken or Funding Egg?
I need a bit of direction. I am a little newbie searching for my first deal, which will also be my first ever real estate purchase... a place I can "house hack" as I build up income for my second deal. I am looking f...
Lacey Burns
Need some advice on ARM loans
Hi there BP family,
I heard on a recent podcast episode from the guest (David seemed to concur) not to mess around with ARM loans. Can anybody offer insight into that? Whose had any experience at all with them and w...