All Forum Posts by: Joshua Peterson

For property manager, I have had a great experience working with Rossman Realty Group. They have managed my single family for 6 years. They have been managing my dad's portfolio of 25+ single family and duplex units for 8-10 years, as well as a few units owned by extended family out of state. All of our units are located in Lee County (Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Estero, Lehigh Acres) and I am not sure whether Rossman manages properties outside Lee County.

If you click on the Excise Number link next to the sale it will give you more information. It looks like this property was part of a package of 12 properties with a combined sale price of $680k. 

These forums are amazing, before posting in the tax forum I did a couple searches. Found tons of information as well as several names that were recommended multiple times. Really glad I found BiggerPockets!!

Thanks for the welcome! I'll definitely have to set up alerts.

Lynn, I have spoken with the Property Appraiser's office and am all squared away as far as homestead exemption is concerned. I'll post over in the tax forum about finding a CPA

Another thing I am interested in is learning more about being a landlord and screening tenants and renting the units myself rather than using a management company. On the one hand, it's nice and easy to just say "hey, I have another unit for you to manage", on the other hand I'm giving up new tenant fee and monthly % fee. I've read a few blog posts by Brandon Turner already including Tenant Screening: The Ultimate Guide, and How to Evict a Tenant. I want to make sure I know what I'm getting myself into and start off on the right foot with the new unit.

Hi! I'm a new-ish investor from Fort Myers, FL. I graduated from college two years ago with a degree in civil engineering and love my day job as a construction project manager. I got started in real estate in 2010. With foreclosures skyrocketing in my area and prices plummeting I took my college savings and paid cash for a SFR, did the minor repairs myself, and have had it rented with a management company ever since. I've had decent tenants and only turned over once about 3 years ago.

This fall I picked up a foreclosed duplex with a loan from a family member, fixed up one unit and moved in, and am nearly finished with the second unit. I found BiggerPockets about a week ago when trying to figure out how to treat the owner occupied duplex for tax purposes. I tend to be a do-it-yourself-er to a fault and am slowly learning to let go and hire experts in certain areas. I read the “Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Real Estate”, browsed through the last few weeks of questions in the Tax forum and read a half dozen blog posts by CPA’s who were responding to the questions. The more I read, the more I realize I really don’t know much about taxes, and the more I am convinced it’s time to consult an expert.