Matthew Paul
23 year tenant wants to buy the house I rent to them. Do I sell
the first house I bought , lived in it for 10 years , rented it for 23 years . Now the long term tenants asked me to sell it . its in a upper B neighborhood , good schools ,house needs updating . Paid $ 51 K back in ...
Andrew Galloway
Has Anyone in CFL Bought a STR Recently (2022+) to Offset Their W2 Income Tax
Hello Bigger Pockets CFL community. I am looking into the STR and STR/bonus appreciation strategy as a way to offset W2/short term income. Since the market pre-May 2022 just is not comparable anymore I am interested i...
Andrew Hargreave
New to REI from far South-West Chicago Suburbs.
Hello all! Just getting started to REI late in life (well...late relative to my young teen-20's). Like many I've read about already, REI was something I never payed attention to throughout life other than thinking ...
Masroor Ahmed
Fixed vs. Variable expenses - Property taxes
Hey folks. I current own in IL - 2nd highest property tax rates in the country. Like any business, in MF real estate, not all costs are the same. Meaning all else people equal, if you're looking at 2 deals, both 8% c...
Will Sifert
Online auction sites for tax lien sales
I am starting a list of all of the online auction sites for tax lien properties. I have used or am familiar with the ones I listed below. If you know of other online auction sites for tax liens please post, thanks! Ci...
Paxson B Hightower
What to do next in real estate investing?
My name is Paxson Hightower. I have been on BiggerPockets for almost two years now, but I have never posted anything. I live in Cedar City, Utah, and my wife and I started house hacking over a year ago. I feel like I ...
Jason Le
How to find out who owns abandoned houses?
I found an abandoned house and owner passed away a couple months now, but the neighbor said the owner has no relative to inherit. My question is how to find out who is actually holding the property? Where can I go to ...
Kristafer Nicaj
Can I benefit from a Cost Seg on existing multi-family once I have REP status
If I purchased a multi-family property in 2018 and my wife establishes REP status this year (2024), can I benefit from doing a cost seg on that property. I never did a cost seg in the past. I have been paying a lot of...
Account Closed
Why visit and participate on BiggerPockets?
The other day I was giving thought to this question, "Why visit and participate on Bigger Pockets?"
For me there are a number of reasons.
1) It is an opportunity to share what I have learned and help where I can
2) ...
Chad Clanton
So, do any other brand new investors out there feel fickle with your decision making process, or is it just me?
Hi there all, just curious. I've been studying here on the site for a few months, and am brand new to real estate. I'm loving the learning aspect of it, and am still trying to build up the basic concepts in my head. I...