
4 April 2024 | 15 replies
Now I'm studying CRE finance, investment, and tax strategies aside from my full-time job to better equip myself with the essential financial literacy.

5 April 2024 | 13 replies
If you're concerned about Liability then I recommend you research where the best places to establish an LLC to maximize your protection and also study how land trusts work.

4 April 2024 | 11 replies
@Will Boller, in a quick click around on Interval International's website (https://www.intervalworld.com/web/my/home) a major exchange for timeshare properties, it seems like it is 50/50 from my small sample looking at properties in the northeast USA, with a handful allowing Sunday weekly check-ins too.Granted, this exchange is not an Airbnb, but it is all weekly stays in condos run, presumably, by large professional operators that have studied this business to maximize revenue.

4 April 2024 | 4 replies
( Study the market you are in, the deals, the rents etc.)
4 April 2024 | 8 replies
Want to combine the results of 10 different medical studies and look for patterns?

4 April 2024 | 3 replies
Some studies say that people are approaching 40% of their gross for housing now in the US!

4 April 2024 | 5 replies
However your situation becomes a trickier case study since these properties first served as your primary residence which could provide additional benefits form a tax perspective not available to an owner of investment real estate and nobody has a crystal ball and knows the property with certainty will transition into an investment property.

3 April 2024 | 0 replies
I am curious if the fees I am being presented are in line with market norms:lender app fee: $10,000Origination fee 1% ($20,000)Lender costs: shows a fixed amount at $10,000processing fee $895registration fee $10,000Title and escrow fees: $4,000 est.6.5% rate fixed at 10 yearsPrepayment Penalty: Yield Maintenance months 1-114 (1% minimum)Third Party ReportsApppraisal Required Engineering Required Environmental N/A Seismic Report N/A Market Study N/A Funded EscrowsReal Estate Taxes Required Prop/Liability Insurance Required Special Assessments N/A Ground Lease N/A Replacement Reserves N/A Required Repairs TBD Debt Service Reserve N/AWould love to hear your thoughts on this as well as what you think is appropriate fees for the freddie mac sbl program.

4 April 2024 | 5 replies
Here is my expected cost:Land: $475kAcquisition Costs (Environmental, Survey, Geotech, Traffic Study): $25kSoft Costs (Engineering, architect, impact fees, permit, legal, closing costs, taxes, interim interest): $300kSite Development Costs: (Earthwork, underground utilities, curb cuts, fencing, stormwater, paving, landscaping): $800k ($400k/acre)Subtotal before vertical costs: $1,600,000 ($80/SF).

3 April 2024 | 14 replies
I realize there's no way to capture everything, and learning is a continual process, but it feels helpful to me to have a working "cheat sheet" of information to study and reinforce important concepts.