Also there is an additional tax on the returns due to the financing. 

Help me see if this is "worth it" or not.  Is the ATR still a relevant indicator of a deal?Amateur investor/full time agent here.  I've found an off-market property that would require $175k purchase, $35k down, $20k i...

I have landlord policies for my rental properties in TX and AL states, but I am not able to get an umbrella policy form my current insurance company, because I do not have car insurance and primary residence in US, as...

A non-franchised Broker with six agents won't have professional training and resources, so a new agent won't be trained as well and will struggle to get started. 

I have a friend here who has about 140 houses right now, who I was discussing return on equity with.

Hey @Brandon LaRose, do you have the ability to use a Margin Loan against a taxable portfolio, or a policy loan against a permanent life policy?

I will return to this situation in the end of this post, but first let me show you why the age of a person can be tricky when it comes to the IRS.

The rates vary throughout the State because of the different millage rates and tax districts, but in Richland County for instance, the taxes essentially triple once it goes from legal resident to non legal residence. 

The "non conforming" lending options are actually called NonQM (non qualified mortgages).

There are not a plethora of 'home run' STR's that are going to return in 2-3 years but there is significant value and definitely properties that will return 20%+ COC and definitely several dozen that are obvious values in their own right, and will absolutely carry all operating costs.