It looks like the REITS were badly beaten up last week on the stock market. Apparently the fiscal cliff and proposed tax reform will have an impact on real estate going into 2013. Does anyone have any feedback of th...

Hello All!I need some advice for buying property for myself (resident occupied).I am in the process of looking at condo's and I want to know what is more important to look at the price or the tax rates?I know that the...

Hey BP community,I'd like to get at least 1 mortgage for my 2 SF homes in Cleveland so I can buy more property. They are currently held free and cashflow at about 1500 per month. One is worth about 65k, the other 100k...

I read something along these lines (but correct me if my understanding is wrong): that if you get into a partnership and purchase an investment property (e.g SFR LTR 50%-50% with a partner), and then some years later ...

Hi everyone, I am currently taking a Tax Analysis class at my university and I came across Section 179 in the tax code. Based on the discussion in class, it seems that as a business owner you can elect to immediately ...

As another test of the new BP file vault, and to give back to the BP community, attached is the spreadsheet I use to evaluate single family house rentals.

In general, the red colored fields are th...

Hello Everyone, I've been following BiggerPockets for a few years now. I live in Las Vegas and now that I am in a position to buy, I have been looking at properties on Zillow. Every day, for the last week, I have bee...

I am Canadian, but working overseas to save money for a down payment on a house I would like to buy at home in Canada for myself to start a family.

I have four rental properties that would give me the cash flow to p...

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I'm located in California and I have a question about a California county tax deed sale. If you win the bidding on a tax deed and receive the deed to the property (with or without the redemption period), ...

has anyone ever purchased a home "subject to" that has a delinquent tax bill? Is there a way to incorporate that in the deal if you were willing to take over the payments for the tax bill?