Sean Ratcliff
Re-capture tax from depreciating your rental
Hello BP,Hope you can help me out. If I was to move back into my rental home for 2 out of the last 5 years I would not need to pay capital gains. My question is what if I depreciated my rental for 15 years and then...
Chris Krivanek
Total FUBAR title situation. Need big help.
Ok, so my girlfriend's dad just passed in Kansas City. He owned a home jointly with his 86 year old mother (or so we thought). First of all, he had no will. Overall he didn't have much anyway, so not too big o...
Tony Kim
Tenant moved out - Discovered something in his lease
OK, this might be a total jerk thing to do, so I thought I'd run it by you guys first. I have a Section 8 tenant who has pretty much been the ideal tenant who keeps his place very clean and always pays his rent on tim...
Anthony McDougle
Legal Considerations for Roommates vs. Normal Tenants
First of all -- I apologize if this is in the wrong section.
I recently purchased a house, hoping to rent out the rooms for a while, to kill two birds with one stone -- start on the path to being a RE investo...
Account Closed
Smoking and Pets...YES OR NO?
Without being to terrible cynical here, I understand the demographic of what a renter is. Of course there are wonderful renters out there, and there are terrible renters out there too. The middle course or group, I th...
Darren Horrocks
Ventura County - Ideal Neighbourhoods?
Hi,I'm looking to get an understanding of some of the locations in LA County and Ventura county. Are there any areas that you would recommend staying away from, and why?I am interested in the following, and plan to dr...
Timothy W.
Now John Holdren supports my theory on Liberalism and Eugenics
Good grief, I'm getting freaky good at this for an "average" guy.
You know my theory - that modern liberalism has heavy roots to the eug...
Phil C.
Incredible story of fired nanny who refused to leave in Cali
Didn't see that anyone posted this yet. But I just came across this horrific landlord nightmare story on CNN.com. Where the Nanny stopped doing her job the second she moved in and now refuses to leave and the own...
Edita D.
Getting screwed by Liberty Mutual insurance after flood
Hey there!All our policies (personal residence, auto and our rentals) are with Liberty Mutual.We filed a water damage claim at our residence after the flood in our 2 bedroom 1250 sq ft house 1.5 weeks ago, and it's be...
Robert Campbell
Design Question - What to do about Wood paneling
I am doing the analysis on this property as a next flip. Its a great house, the plan would be to purchase it for 60k, ARV would be 120 - 130k, it has a pool in decent shape, finished walkout basement with ceramic til...