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Hi all,
A big advantage of real estate is that it can be a large tax writeoff. The "depreciation" and mortgage interest writeoffs can save quite a bit.
If I invest in say mexican or canadian real estate will I lose ...
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Hello! My name is Austin Sherman, and although I joined quite some time ago, I've never posted. I've read quite a bit, and since recently listened to the pod casts (Excellent!), so felt compelled to get more involved....
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Hi fellow BP community,
I am a foreigner looking at REI in US via turnkey companies. I want to hear your investing experiences (good/bad) with these turnkey companies and which ones you would recommend as a one stop ...
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Recently a friend of mine (and a client) listed a house for sale. I always like seeing the listings of any property we’ve been involved with, and when I saw this particular listing, I was a bit startled. My friend...
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I'm switching from postcards to letters, and now postage is really starting to add up. I just looked at a piece of mail that came to me, and it appears it was run through a pitney bowes machine of some sort. It was ...
My wife and I entered into an Agreement for Deed to sell our home in 2012. We were underwater and our neighbors agreed to buy above market price (so they could have contiguous property and they loved our house) if we...
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I have been working with pre-foreclosures for a little while now and have come to the realization that my process (bandit signs, ads, knocking on doors etc) is very inefficient. As we all know, its a numbers game, fe...
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Good Evening BP! I am excited to be making my second post here. I recently sold my first ever investment, which I house hacked in Clearwater, FL. I wrote in a bit more detail about that experience in my only other pos...
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Here is a laundry list of info about me:Name: Adiel Arvizu Background in real estate: Parents have been landlords for years I have been trying to pick up on the trade.Where I am from: Jersey City, NJOccupation: Full-t...
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Hello Bigger Pockets,I've been listening to the podcasts, both Real Estate and Money, and reading the blog for a few months now. Finally taken the plunge to sign up for the forum. A little about me: born and raised in...