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15 January 2025 | 10 replies
For this reason, I teach people to set policies for renting to unrelated individuals.
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30 December 2024 | 3 replies
For a tax specialist, look for someone experienced in real estate investing to maximize deductions and plan for your goals.
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13 January 2025 | 1 reply
You've only owned it six months, so you probably haven't dealt with vacancies, maintenance, or capex, but you should be setting money aside for those things.Your partnership agreement (if you have one) should address exit options.
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6 January 2025 | 15 replies
I have all kinds of specific searches set up for my investor clients to help find the best deals.
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29 December 2024 | 2 replies
My current goal is to transform my professional Excel budgeting tools into an AI-powered app to streamline day-to-day property management, particularly for financial operations.
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22 January 2025 | 4 replies
While I was open to carrying a note, I wasn’t going to go that high.Unfortunately, there’s been an unrealistic expectation set by the gurus that relying on seller financing is a viable strategy for buying a business.
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24 January 2025 | 42 replies
Thus, when a foreclosure sale is held, you can set the bid amount up to the amount of the total debt, which would likely increase from 80K to include the legal fees, receivership costs(we suggest 5 - 10% of the rents collected), repair costs, additional accrued interest, minus rents collected.
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13 January 2025 | 13 replies
Hey @Brandon Toron,Given your plan to turn the property into a short-term rental (STR), you have a few creative ways to push closer to that 90% cash-out goal, even if traditional lenders shy away from it:1.
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22 January 2025 | 39 replies
Thank you for your input.Keep a cheat sheet for your property(ies) with color brand/codes for each room and common info needed such as appliance info, fridge opening HxW, etc...Paint should be standard sets of colors for all the properties you have.Flat means hard to clean, repaint it all.
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22 January 2025 | 9 replies
Yes, unfortunately only midterm, furnished rentals in the nicer parts of the city will get you over that $1000/mo hump if thats your goal.