To start, I’d like to ask you a question: What is more important, purchasing real estate where you can obtain 100% return of your capital through the BRRRR investment method but otherwise break even or even worse lose money or alternatively  leave some of your capital in the deal but earn a profit when the property is sold? 

This creates two loan payments ($100,000 of equity and $300,000 on the new mortgage).Key NumbersHome Equity Loan Interest Rate: 6%Mortgage Interest Rate: 7%Rental Income: $3,000 per monthExpenses (management, taxes, insurance, maintenance): $800 per monthIncome and ExpensesMonthly Rental Income: $3,000Monthly Expenses: $800Monthly Mortgage Payment: $2,000ExplanationThe investor earns $3,000 in rent each month.They pay $2,000 on the investment property mortgage and $800 on other expenses.This leaves $200 profit each month or $2,400 per year.However, you have to pay $6,000 interest on the equity borrowed.This leaves you with an annual loss of $3,600.This example shows that while the rental property generates positive monthly income, the interest cost of borrowing the initial $100,000 results in an overall annual loss.

Hi Samuel,When considering how to pay off a loan faster, both methods you've mentioned—making a large principal payment at the end of each year versus bi-weekly payments—can be effective, but they operate differently.Large Principal Payments: Making a large payment once a year can significantly reduce your principal, leading to lower interest costs over the life of the loan.

If a property management company faces a data breach, it can significantly reduce the property’s value, impact lease renewals, and affect the attractiveness of future investments.PropTech Startups:The surge in PropTech (property technology) startups has brought innovation to the real estate sector, including platforms for digital transactions, property management, and AI-powered real estate analytics.

At this location we will move 20 of the 115 to autopay, the rest are already on autopay (debit/credit card/bank echeck).  20 doesn't sound like much but times 5 other locations this will reduce our workload. 

Given your strong net worth and experience, investors might be interested in a short-term investment with a clear exit strategy.Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC): If you have significant equity in your personal residence or other properties, a HELOC can provide access to funds without selling any assets.Securities-Backed Line of Credit (SBLOC): If you have an investment portfolio, you could borrow against the value of your securities without liquidating them.Seller Financing: Negotiating with the seller to finance part of the purchase price can reduce the immediate cash requirement.

When you earn it from the ground floor like that, you learn so much more and can appreciate what you have.

The financial benefit of reducing or eliminating income taxes very much out weighs the hassle and costs of a potential audit.You don't need anything fancy for a time log. 

KowalIf this is true a sound strategy is to get bonus depreciation to get as much loss as possible (which gets to reduce my pension income) and as much sec1231 gain (which becomes cap gain)

They've mentioned they have asthma and allergies and that's why they're upset about have to live in a place that's being repaired, so I've offered to both hold off on the repairs and reduce rent to make up for the condition of the property, I've offered to have a contractor just rough in the drywall so that the studs aren't visible and to encapsulate everything, even though everything in the cavity was removed during the remediation, but they now aren't responding to my texts whatsoever.