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7 January 2025 | 22 replies
Conversely, if new houses are being built frequently, older properties may struggle to maintain their value.Property taxes also play a significant role.
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6 January 2025 | 8 replies
To list a few...Anyone who wants to increase their property’s income potential (and equity) and build new housing in a market that struggles with high prices, low supply, and few new construction.House hackers who live in their primary and want to airbnb an ADU love this strategy or vice versaInvestors who want to do both long term and short term benefit from having two separate units.Rental Restrictions on ADUs.Thankfully, Raleigh is very STR friendly and ADU friendly right now.
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21 January 2025 | 31 replies
I've even been sitting in a bank struggling to get my LLC set and called my senior advisor attorney who called me back immediately to help out.
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27 December 2024 | 6 replies
But then I'm not sure about the cost/struggle to access the MLS once I have one.
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29 January 2025 | 107 replies
Don't agree one bit with that statement and Im getting a feeling that most people in this thread are inflating the struggles I've been facing.
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29 December 2024 | 4 replies
On recent projects that I have seen, LTV’s north of 70% are struggling to pencil out on.
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14 January 2025 | 329 replies
We are now preparing to foot costly lawyer fees ($10k+ according to our lawyer's experience with difficult cases like this), and likely won't see a cent back since we have so little information about these people and they may not have anything to lose.My heart goes out to everyone who is truly struggling due to the pandemic and are, in earnest, doing their best to be responsible tenants by communicating with their landlords and trying to work things out.
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24 December 2024 | 5 replies
My point is even some experienced operators doing more extensive/sophisticated value adds are struggling in this market.
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25 December 2024 | 12 replies
I struggled with how much to get down into the B+, B, B-.
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29 January 2025 | 40 replies
So many of you are struggling with the same issues.