Michael Plaks
The new 100% deduction for business meals
This fairly simple change in the tax law created some confusion that I want to clear.
The basic rules for deducting business meals have not changed. The only change is that you get to deduct 100% of it, as opposed to...
Arta Montero
Saving Money Tips - Live Cheap
Hi all,I know we all talk about how important is to save money. My husband has been challenging me about saving money and he tells me that’s where the ultimate freedom comes from by being a able to live in very little...
Account Closed
How to make the best MARKETING PACKAGE
Hey BP,I am putting together a Marketing Package for a 41-Unit apartment complex in San Diego. I am trying to create a really compelling marketing package. Does this community have an examples of really great and effe...
Anna Delos Santos
Tenant cleanliness problems
Hello!I have a duplex in Los Angeles and I am having some trouble with my tenants in the front. They have not maintained the property cleanliness by leaving trash outside on the carport. The interior of the unit is di...
Julie Groth
What food items do you have for guests?
I think it would be nice (and therefore quietly solicit 5 star reviews) if people have some kind of food in the house when they arrive? What do you all do?What about other items like honey, mayo/mustard/ketchup...do y...
Steve P.
Malicious Expanding Foam twice backs up sewer thousands in damages
I am the owner landlord of a duplex in which my tenant (he doesn't know I found his malice) took a can of expanding foam insulation with a long tiny tube and squirted it into the trap below the laundry room floor drai...
Mike Nelson
Package delivery mess- Tragedy or Billion Dollar Opportunity?
When I was a kid, there was no Amazon. Now, we have found we can click on the internet and a brown package comes to our door. Saves time. Saves gas. Probably saves money. Often makes sense. Amazon has a truly ama...
Cedric Farris
Investor Chains on REOs
Recently I have been receiving a lot of deals for REOs in my market passed on by Investors involved in "Daisy Chains", as some folks call them. I am wondering has anyone out there ever successfully dealt with an Inve...
David Bardwell
Cockroaches... Fastest way to eradicate?
4 unit apartment building, 100 years old, have been using professional exterminator monthly for last 3 months but not seeing improvement. I'm on the verge of losing tenants over the problem. I know sanitation is key a...
Jamila R.
us bank and bulk/reo
So I talked to Us Bank and they said that they put the package together for me and that I have to become an approved investor. The guy said he does his "due diligence" and if I am approved to buy from them, he will s...