Gabi Ashenden
1031 after selling property in Europe and investing in the US
I'm European, and I purchased a property when I was back in college in Europe (2009). I just got my green card, and I'm thinking about selling the property because rent to value ratio is ridiculously low. The property...
Raymond Sylverne
US MARINE FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Hey, fellow Real Estate Investors! My story begins in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti where I was born and raised for the first half my childhood. My family later on moved to the states where I grew up on the mean beaches of Mi...
Eric Piccione
Can I BRRRR a Lease-to-Own (lease option)??
I like the BRRRR method and the potential income it provides. My question is can there be a lease to own opportunity mixed with BRRRR? I would like to have my own property that I can refinance and collect even bigger ...
Christopher Smith
California Draconian Rent Control Proposition 21
California will once again have on the November ballot a massively draconian and destabilizing rent control measure. The current measure PROP 21 is very similar to a previous measure that was soundly defeated in 2018....
Mary Eubanks
Can I get a POF from a Hard Money Lender?
I am interested in submitting an offer on an investment property that went into multiple offers with a deadline of 3pm tomorrow. I want to provide a proof of funds letter so I was going to go with hard money, but the ...
Ryan Louz
Purchasing properties anonymously
California based investor looking to purchase single family properties all cash in Ohio and Kentucky. Looking to buy 2-3 properties.I already own one property in California through a Revocable Trust and noticed it sho...
Trevor Larsen
10-31 Title Exchange
Can you use the money from a 10-31 tax exchange to pay off the loans on existing mortgages? Seems like it would be a good way to increase cash flows while scaling down a portfolio so you could hold fewer properties as...
Jesse Hodges
should you always claim depreciation?
Is is always a good idea to claim depreciation on your rental property for tax purposes? I recently learned that if you sell the property for more than its depreciated value, you'll owe tax on that gain through the de...
Johann Jells
Are Kwikset Smartkeys as insecure as critics say? Have you had one broken in?
There's lots of pages out there about how easy it is to defeat a smartkey lock, but I can't find any anecdotes of anyone actually getting robbed by a thief doing so. They're a very attractive idea, and and I have a fe...
Mike Landry
rental in personal name but should I LLC to flip?
I currently have 4 sfr rental in my name under an umbrella policy. I am happy with that for now. However, I am interested in doing an occasional flip to build up some cash. All my rentals could have been flipped fo...