Ben Gonzalez
Dealer Status and Installment Sales
My understanding of Dealer Status is that if you are flipping on terms (in my case: buy on terms, fix -or not-, then sell on terms) then you lose the ability to be taxed as an installment sale where your gain is sprea...
Hendra Lim
Beginner from San Jose, CA
Greetings BP community,My name is Hendra Lim. I'm a software engineer from San Jose, CA. I became interested in investing in real estate in early 2018. My research quickly turned me to BiggerPockets. I joined BP i...
Doobie Sims
Pursue Delayed Financing, or keep paying HELOC?
I'm looking for some advice on the whether I should hold on to paying my month HELOC payment of $613 a month for a BRRR property, or should I go ahead and pursue delayed financing? I purchased a property ALL CASH for ...
Andres Andrade
HOA Short-Term Rentals
Hello all, My wife and I closed on our first property March 2021. We live in the property, but we want to list 2 of our rooms on Airbnb. We have been renovating the extra rooms and getting them ready to list. However,...
Alexander B.
Rentals v Land contracts
So many people love rental properties and even though I like the monthly income I don't like being bothered with the overhead. When I think about after you pay the mortgage, insurance, taxes, plus maintenance you have...
Alan B.
One bedroom Section 8 Voucher/Restricting family size without breaking discrimination laws
I just completed my 2nd door (the top half of my duplex), it’s a one bedroom, with a stand up shower (no bathtub), carpeting only in bedroom, and what I would define as a total bachelor pad. It’s not a place designed ...
Sayantan Satpati
ADU San Francisco Bay Area (San Jose)
Hi,
I wan't to build a detached ADU in our backyard. This would be my first home building/addition project. I was looking for suggestions on:
Total Cost & Cost per sq / ft Project timelineSuggestions...
Jimmy Nguyen
Example spec home deal analysis
Hello spec home builders,I was wondering if you could review my breakdown of a potential deal I was looking at. It involves purchasing a piece of land to build a spec house. Let me know if I'm missing something in m...
Michael Gangemi
Group consensus on a deal
I found a brand new townhome in Kissimmee with luxury finishes, resort style amenities, the whole nine. The price is $435K and I was thinking of doing 20% down. This townhome is a 5 bed/ 4 bath with 2020 sqft so it's ...
Bitsy Voloskie
How do I buy with cash?
Ok so here is what I need to know..Im buying a property with cash, what do I need to do to get the title transferred to me? I know I need to get a title search done but then what? Do we Need to go to a real estate att...