All Forum Posts by: Andrew S.

1031s are for investment properties only, not owner-occupied properties. 

Agreed, Jay, the upset bid stuff is very tedious.  VERY hard to end up with a REALLY good deal unless you are out in the sticks with no other bidders even around.  I have bought a few parcels of land that way in a rural NC county, but even there, one of them dragged on with a few upset bid cycles.  

I tend to agree that some folks would do “the decent thing” and take care of it, so asking the neighbor can’t hurt.  However, @Joe Splitrock is right that in most jurisdictions, it is indeed the “recipient” of the fallen tree (or their insurance) that is responsible.  I have been on both sides of this issue and done the “decent thing” several times, only to end up with neighbors who refused to pay or chip in when the case was reversed.  That’s life - it goes on.

So, asking won’t hurt, but be prepared for a firm “no”.  I agree that the PM should have resolved this a long time ago.  That’s probably your biggest learning from this incident.  Fixing that fence and the $350 for the tree removal is not that big a deal in the long run.  Fix it a d move on - and consider hiring a new PM

Get in touch with @Karen Rittenhouse    She knows all there is to know in Greensboro.  

This is a pretty ignorant post for "chief technology officer" - if you are REALLY interested in providing the best service, you will restore the old format (or an option to chose the old format) until you are ready to roll out the new features.  What a daft approach to force a change and then say "oh, we will have something better in 3 months".  Really?

I filled out the survey (I hate filling out surveys but I thought BP deserved to know).  The new format is terrible for the desktop and the iPad (I do not use the phone to read forums - too small for me) and I will disengage from the BP forum more and more if it is not changed back.  Not worth the aggravation for sure.

The new format sucks. This isn’t the first time they are tinkering with it and EVERY time it has gotten worse than it was before. I think it would help greatly to understand what it is that they are trying to fix. Whatever it is, it had better be an amazing feature because for the rest of us, the site becomes damn near unusable.
 

Many choices, but cheapest and simplest is ipostal1.  Basic program costs $9.99 a month.  You'll get an e-mail with a scan of each mail piece that comes in and then you can decide whether you want to have them send you the mail daily, weekly, monthly, etc or toss it away (if it is junk mail), or you can pick it up at a local Quick Pack and Ship store, etc.

This will provide you with a street address that you can use for a business bank account.

This is not a new problem.  It has been going on for years or even decades.  Used to be hidden by a steady stream of undocumented workers and that has definitely dried up over the past several years.  Perfectly predictable.  People can argue all they want about immigration but on the ground, in the real world, those decisions have consequences.  Can’t have it both ways.  Same problem is hitting the Argo business where in some places, crops spoil in the field because no one is interested in being a strawberry picker, etc. 

I have been issuing 1099 misc forms to all my non-incorporated suppliers (over >$600 per year) in the past.  My CPA just sent me a note saying that going forward, I need to use form 1099NEC instead of 1099MISC.  I haven’t had a chance to talk to him about his reasoning, but I did look up the instructions for the 2 forms (actually, both forms are covered by the same instruction booklet) and at least after my first cursory read, it is unclear to me what the difference is between the two forms.

Does anyone here have any insights as to what the differences are and whether switching from 1099misc to 1099nec is recommended, needed, required?  

@Steven Hamilton II