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27 January 2025 | 7 replies
Common fees will include a set-up fee, a leasing fee for each turnover or a lease renewal fee, marking up maintenance, retaining late fees, and more.
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29 January 2025 | 15 replies
Stay away from grey LVP pick warmer colors if possible, choose hard surfaces for common areas and soft for bedrooms.
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23 January 2025 | 2 replies
@Ryan BroschardHi Ryan,You have hit a common issue many new investors fail to anticipate.
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31 January 2025 | 27 replies
Certainly, this is a common strategy.B.
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29 January 2025 | 11 replies
The loan will be interest only for about 12 months (up to 18-24, but 12 is common) with a balloon due at the end.
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29 January 2025 | 6 replies
Even if you rent the house for $2,000 a month, you will still lose because of maintenance, vacancies, and the expensive mistakes common with newer investors.You can borrow up to 70% of the equity.
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19 January 2025 | 5 replies
And I know that a refinance would be the best, and most common, way to go.
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17 January 2025 | 2 replies
A common misconception is that real estate properties under $1M have a smaller tax basis and therefore do not benefit from a cost segregation study due to the associated fees.
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20 January 2025 | 14 replies
Quote from @Erick Pena: A "good" rental property is one that covers all expenses (mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance, property management fees, and any other costs) and still leave a surplus (commonly referred to as cash flow).Calculate cash flow as: Cash Flow = Rental Income − Operating Expenses − DebtThere's much more to it, but that's the basic idea.
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26 January 2025 | 33 replies
Common syndicator game of throwing out huge returns when other funds are going under because they want you to only look at that shiny number and not what their past performance has been