I had an accountant prepare my taxes a few years ago and she depreciated some water heaters using a 15 year schedule. I followed suit and did the same thing when I did my taxes last year. Now I'm using TurboTax and it...

My family and I have recently relocated to the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area of NC after working the first 15 years of my career in Silicon Valley, Ca. I am a new real estate investor looking to participate in th...

In researching titles, I have found many owners to have judgments against them. Being new to the game, I try not to risk acquiring a home that is owned by someone with a judgment against them, especially if I'm not...

Hello All,Pleased to have found a place where I can obtain so much information about this great industry.I am in the process of completing a three day training course put on by "Success Path". I am considering purchas...

Hey guys! It's hard to ever come up with a forum or a question to ask on the forum because as soon as I type it in the "search platform," the answer is there. So I decided... why not ask something personal?What is tha...

Hello there!  I'm a new member to the BP community from Houston, TX.  I'm a newly licensed real estate agent as well as a new investor trying to gain as much knowledge as I can so that I can move forward with my 1st d...

I wanna start buyin & holding properties, but of course I don't have great credit so I wanna obtain via Owner Financing or Subject 2. Now here is where i need help and advice ? What's the difference and the differ...

I got dumped on. started out wrong! l live in michigan, let me say that I let someone talk me into buying some house that needed fixing that they were suppose to fix but never did. I ended up fixing them myself but ...

Hi All!A flipper has decided to walk me through two of his new homes he just acquired through the end of the flip as a learning experience. This is really cool. He wants me to estimate rehab costs and then he will com...

People are getting ripped off with HVAC furnace replacements and repairs. I hope this helps others:HVAC systems are treated like black boxes by most property owners, and that is a BIG MISTAKE. They are often quite sim...