David S.
When is enough enough? FINAL THOUGHTS/UPDATE
Hi folks, your friendly BP socialist here! First off, thank you all for your responses and input! What a lively discussion!I wanted to close out my last thread with some heartfelt clarification which I had posted but ...
Dan Barli
Question on Full Time Real Estate Investor Designation
Hello BP! I was writing to get clarification on the designation as a full time real estate investor. I have heard and am aware that one has to put in 750 hours in order to achieve that designation.Does anyone know if ...
Charlie V.
FHA Loan for Multi-Building Multi-Units
Hello everyone,I apologize if this is a newbie question but this is my first post after days of research. I am looking at using the house-hacking trick for a first property in the WV-MD-VA area and am finding it diffi...
Bernard Smith
Renting a house from my company
My wife and I are living in a townhouse. I was thinking we would rent my company's 1st rental property. Would this be a good idea?
Darren Campbell
50% rule or 2% rule?
I recently read Brandon Turners book on Rental Property Investing. I talked about the 2% (rents should be 2% of sale price) rule and 50% (rents should be multiplied by 0.5 - principal and interest if mortgage) rule. W...
Andrew Hernandez
New member from Miami, FL
Hi All! I am a new member from Miami as made famous by Will Smith's "Miami". I currently live a bit south of the more densely populated areas. I own my former residence, a condo in desirable east Kendall that I have r...
Alex U.
Real estate professional status
Most people know about the STR RE professional loophole. If you are developing ground up construction and have another w2...would that qualify yours a RE professional?
Garrett Pearson
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal
View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.I put an offer in on this house. It is my first deal. I am still in my inspection period ...
Zachary Cuneo
Young, but ambitious
My name is Zachary Cuneo and I bought my first investment property, a duplex, in Oak Harbor in May 2015. I currently live in one unit since I used a VA Loan, but I'm taking this opportunity to do force appreciate. I ...
Nathaniel Molnar
First deal; seller lying about issues/postponing closing
Please help! My wife and I are buying out first investment property. Seller accepted our offer 3 weeks ago but only let us in for a 2 hour windows during our 10 Day inspection period. After inspections he informed our...