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Tim Hunte Lease Template for Philly Tenants
3 June 2024 | 4 replies
Good Day Bigger Pockets Family, I'm sure this request has been put out there before but can someone please supply me with a lease template I can use for tenants in the Philadelphia area?
Scott Trench Good Fees Vs Bad Fees For Property Managers
5 June 2024 | 10 replies
It's interesting that many of these VC-backed PMC's, despite having 10k+ properties under management, aren't doing well financially - one of them just merged with another industry-related company also not doing well.Just for fun, here's a partial list of PMC expenses that owners pretend don't exist:Office rentComputers, printers & softwareInternet & phone billOffice furnitureOffice supplies: paper, postage, ink, etc.Office liability insuranceAuto expenses: monthly payment, insurance, gas, maintenance, registration/plate feesBroker license fees: annual, monthly board & MLS fees, continuing education fees, E&O insuranceEquipment: lockboxes, signs, etc.Business income tax preparation and paymentsStaff payroll & payroll taxes Time Tasks: answering phones, calling past due tenants, scheduling tours, taking marketing pics, processing those pics, writing ads, researching rent amounts, posting ads, explaining to owners how rent determined & showing where ad posted, opening & processing mail, posting payments, bank deposits, scanning documents & posting to owner & tenant portals, explaining accounting to owners so they understand their monthly statements, taking pics/videos of repairs, finding reputable handymen and contractors, confirming they're properly licensed & insured and tracking annually, verifying repairs done properly, processing invoices for utility bills, repairs, taxes, city inspections, scheduling periodic property evaluations/inspections with tenants that don't want strangers in their homes, explaining to owners why something is taking so long, and more & more & more...OBSERVATION: many owners only want to pay a flat fee or 50% of a month of rent as a leasing fee - without realizing the repercussions. 
Kyle Westerman LLP or No LLP
3 June 2024 | 2 replies
When you have a big cost segregation depreciation plus your big startup expenses such as furniture and supplies, and you then have a big tax deduction against your big W-2 income because your passive losses are no longer limited with your big material participation, it increases your audit risk a ton.
Marcus Auerbach What is going to happen to Milwaukee Home prices?
3 June 2024 | 8 replies
Milwaukee with average home price of $200k, negative growth of new home supply and inventory of 1 month supply just means ----> going up and up.
David Czech Can I make someone else a host if I own the property? Tax Implications?
3 June 2024 | 6 replies
Their expense is simply another business expense like the utilities, taxes, insurance, supplies, HOA, etc.
Angelo Proto Investing in STRs
4 June 2024 | 23 replies
There are some imbalances of supply and demand, as well as a lower barrier to entry compared to other markets.
Seth Rosellini Starting out and determined. Willing to pay percentage of my first REI for mentoring
4 June 2024 | 6 replies
I've heard of mentees who started cleaning up construction areas on a flip at the end of each work day or picking up supplies at Home Depot and delivering them to the job site.
Paul Azad New Industrial Syndication Investment, looks good to me?
3 June 2024 | 7 replies
There are 2 buildings, the first in Fort Wayne, near airport houses 1 tenant ZF, a german auto-parts supplier, been in the space x 22 yrs and only has 2-3 years left on lease but space is custom for them and they have long contracts from automakers for parts for legislatively mandated discontinued car parts, when car models get shut down, the manufacturers have to continue to supply parts for 10-15 years by law, and ZF gets many of these contracts, also all work force very established there so company less likely to move, but even if they do, Heritage could carve up the 1, 100k space into 4 smaller spaces and then get 50% more rent.
Rachelle C. Partner-Driven Real Estate Coaching By Peter Vekselman
3 June 2024 | 62 replies
I am in the program and will supply my 2 cents. 
Lindsey Buxton Anyone follow Aleksey Chernobelskiy?
2 June 2024 | 5 replies
There is also one mentioned a lot on this forum that has a long thread that someone shared the investors are wiped out, just not officially because the sponsors are trying to scrape up as much money through capital calls to get back their own money that they provided to the syndication in the fashion of loans.