
28 July 2024 | 2 replies
If you have $15K in student loan debt and are paying it off little by little (your words)-what are the interest rates, how long will it take you to pay it off, does it affect your ability to borrow for a mortgages (or save the down payment)?

29 July 2024 | 15 replies
I like Hospitable, but the ability to automate this one thing might be worth a switch if someone else offers it.
29 July 2024 | 10 replies
But also, these tenants might inhibit your ability to push rents on the other units, since tenant junk on balconies, or broken down cars in parking lots, etc just paint a bad vibe for the whole property.If it is a "marginal" tenant, I would give them an aggressive increase.

29 July 2024 | 6 replies
Below is a comparison of average annual property insurance and property taxes for 5 states:Texas: average insurance: $2,536, property tax percentage of value: 1.68%New York: average insurance: $1,418, property tax percentage of value: 1.40%California: average insurance: $1,839, property tax percentage of value: 0.75%Nevada: average insurance: $1,144, property tax percentage of value: 0.59%Florida: average insurance: $2,207, property tax percentage of value: .91%To put these costs into perspective, below is a comparison of the annual cost for a $400,000 property.Texas: $2,536 + 1.68% x $400,000 ≈ $9,256New York: $1,418 + 1.40% x $400,000 ≈ $7,018California: $1,839 + .75% x $400,000 ≈ $4,839Nevada: $1,144 + .59% x $400,000 ≈ $3,504Florida: $2,207 + .91% x $400,000 ≈ $5,847Sources: Homeowners insurance, state average property taxesIndirect costs: Rent control is a hidden tax that may limit your ability to select the best tenant, remove a non-performing tenant, and increase rents enough to compensate for inflation.

28 July 2024 | 7 replies
The good part is that they are giving tenants the ability to see things.

31 July 2024 | 20 replies
Because we are in house with our development deals I am not counting on someone else's ability to find a good development deal.

30 July 2024 | 23 replies
It seems like the IRS is simply giving me as the organizer, or managing member the ability to choose one or the other scenarios, with either a clause in the operating agreement, or written on the Articles of incorporation/formation, or simply by a Members Resolution.

29 July 2024 | 21 replies
You would then have to charge the tenants for electricity since they wont have a bill.

28 July 2024 | 14 replies
I'll keep the FHA in mind as a potential second strategy though as capital will likely be a limiting factor in my ability to make deals, at least for the beginning of my career.
1 August 2024 | 125 replies
either way, there is a higher than usual risk of your renters losing part of their incomes stream, impacting your ability to collect rent, and that's ignoring any other reservations you might have.