Julie Garner
Can I use 1031 exchange when the house is occupied by a dependent?
Hoping this is in the right place.Bought a house ten+ years ago, lived in it ~3 years, rented to the worst sort of people whom I had to evict, rented to my parents a couple of years, once I had a decent nest egg, no r...
Todd Brittingham
Michigan Family to Exit the Rat Race
Hello BP. Over the past few years my wife and I have slowly watched as our level of income has been slipping. I'm sure many of you can relate to this, and we have officially decided to get fully into the game of rea...
Jackson Long
Buying agents in southern oregon
I am looking at a property and as a real estate professional I normally try to deal with the owners. Failing that direct with sellers agent. Worst case with a buyer agent. For civilians it makes sense to just use a...
Gene Felten
Investing without a steady income stream
I'm about to go back to school and won't have a job but i'm looking into investing in homes in the south east suburbs of the Chicago area, near the city. I have good cash reserves but is that still not enough to quali...
Edward Roe
How to charge for laundry
My wife and I recently purchased our first Multifamily. This property came with large laundry appliances in the basement for each unit. None of which have any sort of payment system attached. I don’t necessarily want ...
Matt Ferch
FHA Loan question — move?
Worst case scenario, if I bought a foreplex and househacked it using an FHA loan, but my job circumstances required me to move out of state before the end of the first year, what are the implications? Could I remain ...
David Plaks
Looking to get started - is East Austin a good market for B&H?
Hi folks,I got interested in real estate very recently and my goal for a first purchase would be a 2+plex in East Austin/Cherrywood/Hyde Park. Ideally, I would live in one of the units and rent the rest. Before I devo...
Aleks Vetushko
Partnership agreements help
Hi BP,Friend and I are looking into forming a partnership and drafting an agreement. We’re trying to be very thorough and think about every possible scenario we could find ourselves in, and how we’d be able to best ke...
Stephon Blackwell
"Flip This House" question
Without exception, every episode of "Flip This House" that I've seen has a portion of the show in which almost immediately after purchasing the house and beginning the rehab, they uncover some sort of problem that the...
Nick J.
Seriously?
Are we running out of ideas in this country?
Why isn't Billy Mays pushing this product?
Can they make it any easier for me to become lazy?
Whats next? a wiping post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfGXmxJ1vM