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Zach Howard New, hungry, eager to start while also patient. Large risk appetite.
10 January 2025 | 17 replies
I'd be willing to do small projects for free to spread some goodwill.
Christian Pichardo New Investor in TROUBLE - Carrying costs since April 2024
27 December 2024 | 34 replies
Many of your main TV companies won't pay a claim on a property vacant for more than 30 days.8) Renters Insurance: how are you going to get S8 tenant, who qualified for the program via a string of bad financial decisions, to pay for it?
John Davey Can you deduct interest (primary house) from a home equity loan to buy a rental?
3 January 2025 | 11 replies
It gets complicated if you use a HELOC towards two separate projects as you would need to pro-rate the interest across the two projects.However, the answer would be yes, they would be deductible.
Jeff Ryan Mobile home purchase (on rented lot) for single family home investment
6 January 2025 | 14 replies
See the chart from Fair Isaac Company (FICO) below: FICO Score Pct of Population Default Probability 800 or more 13.00% 1.00% 750-799 27.00% 1.00% 700-749 18.00% 4.40% 650-699 15.00% 8.90% 600-649 12.00% 15.80% 550-599 8.00% 22.50% 500-549 5.00% 28.40% Less than 499 2.00% 41.00% Source: Fair Isaac CompanyAccording to this chart, investors should use corresponding vacancy+tenant-nonperformance factors of approximately 5% for Class A rentals, 10% for Class B and 20% for Class C.To address Class C payment challenges, many industry "experts" are now selling programs to newbie investors about how Section 8 tenants are the cure.
Travis Smith Using real estate for tax purposes only
1 January 2025 | 5 replies
check to see if there is still 179 on airplanes.. and then put it in the rental fleet at a very good FBO and then use it when you want to visit your new holdings your 1031 into.. buy RV's and put them in rental fleets.most syndicated RE projects these days will have some tax benefits.. just musing here.. 
Schuyler G. Which Areas Rent Fastest? Building a Tool to Find Out—Help Needed!
28 December 2024 | 7 replies
Summary: I’m currently working on a project to analyze rental market trends and help real estate investors, landlords, and property managers identify high-performing areas.
Felisha Derrick Beginner situation/Hubris/What would you do?
6 January 2025 | 9 replies
The projected rental income wouldn't cover the mortgage and HOA at this time.
Marie Copul W2 Income +500k - What's the best real estate investing strategy for me to scale?
6 January 2025 | 25 replies
I would not expect to replace your W2 income in the first year and would project it to take 2-5 years before you were able to replace it, unless you are sitting on around 3-5M right now.
David Cherkowsky Loan Option Advice for House Hack in Alexandria VA
5 January 2025 | 17 replies
Confirm what the no point option would look like in terms of rate/payment as you would want to refinance out of this program eventually and into a conforming product. 2.
Julio Gonzalez Cost Segregation Study Approaches Explained
31 December 2024 | 0 replies
This is an alternative approach for newly constructed buildings.RESIDUAL ESTIMATION APPROACHThis approach determines the cost of short-lived assets, such as 5 or 7 year property and subtracts them from the total project cost.