
8 January 2025 | 9 replies
Be mindful of short-term capital gains tax, as profits from flips held for less than a year are taxed as ordinary income, and frequent flipping may result in self-employment taxes.While profits from flips do not qualify for 1031 exchanges (since flips are considered inventory, not investment properties), you can minimize your tax burden by deducting allowable expenses like renovation costs, loan interest, and holding expenses.If you're considering diversifying into rentals, explore opportunities to benefit from long-term tax advantages such as depreciation and lower long-term capital gains rates.

6 January 2025 | 5 replies
The couple's current rent is similar to ours The sister is has no rental history due to a recent divorce.We're torn given 2 out of the 3 people have lower credit scores and it's not a family moving in.

4 January 2025 | 5 replies
Just being nice or that's just what they charge!

7 January 2025 | 5 replies
if it is a BRRRR you'd pay the seller off when you refinanced into long term debt, either conventional or DSCR.i don't know anything about the location, market, etc. but if it needs a 40K rehab, you need to push the purchase price even lower than 140K, or it will not work as a BRRRR.

9 January 2025 | 46 replies
Instead of giving me excuses, brushing me off, ect ect, my taxes were done in 3 days.My tax liability went down by 10k with my deductions (now finally added) and my new CPA charged me $1300 for my business, personal and WALKING ME THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.True Books charged me $6500 to get to this point (and wanted another $1500 for the final leg) to basically have me rack up fines, brush me off and gaslight me as if this is the norm.I'm writing this review as I wish someone had written it for me. 0/5 stars.The only thing True Books got done in a timely matter was the cashing of my checks.Sorry!

6 January 2025 | 2 replies
that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

1 January 2025 | 15 replies
All this turkey does is charge you for some "training," so you will be "prepared" when you go out looking for lots for him, but curiously, he buys none or very few of the lots he's sent.

8 January 2025 | 4 replies
Two things are certain, 1) taxes are lower today than they've ever been in the past 80 years. 2) they are certain to be higher in the future.We should all be focused on paying the lowest “lifetime tax bill” not the “lowest tax bill this year”.By paying 20% and settling up my long-term capital gains is not a bad deal.

4 January 2025 | 9 replies
The only exception I use is when the property is a high-end unit.Informative title makes your property look like a cheap business but it is still way better than common titles like cute, adorable, cozy.If you are charging over 1k per night, I think it is better to give more high-end title like Stay with 30,000 trees, tingle your inner artist with lake front retreatJust my opinion :)

17 January 2025 | 40 replies
Balancing that with wanting to do something to maintain affordable housing for those in mid to lower income brackets.