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9 March 2024 | 261 replies
My favorite is when investors reach out to me, a DSCR mortgage broker, want me to find them the best financing, and then say "but I want to save on closing costs, so I'd rather not pay a broker fee".Those are my favorites lol
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7 March 2024 | 18 replies
A great book I gift to new RE investors is Profit First by Mike Michalowicz and it goes into detail about what types of accounts to open as a business owner.
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7 March 2024 | 8 replies
Particularly be sure to include your goals for real estate investing so that folks can help you. 2) Follow your favorite forum topics and set up keyword alerts!
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7 March 2024 | 9 replies
The construction trades or R&D firms are our favorite kind of tenants.
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7 March 2024 | 7 replies
Ask them what their favorite animal is.
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6 March 2024 | 3 replies
When I hear this during an intake call, I point to my favorite data on Redfin -- the source of migration into all markets.
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7 March 2024 | 23 replies
Also, one of my favorite local lenders, Julie Angelos, and I are creating a webinar for investors.
6 March 2024 | 7 replies
If they are not going away any time soon, you can suggest if they can stay with friends/family and you can either give them some money or restaurant gift cards as a thank you/sorry for the inconvenience to keep them happy.
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7 March 2024 | 22 replies
Cost segs are one of my favorite tax planning tools yet the tax benefit is dependent on facts and circumstances.
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6 March 2024 | 8 replies
I made 120k in equity last year with the sale of the houses but because of how stupidly our business was set up, Our tax guy suggested my partners give me most of my equity as a gift because we didn't want to get taxed on it twice.