We are both hoping to reduce our taxes this year as we paid a lot in taxes last year.

I am a new real estate investor, and my current strategy is to leverage the VA Loan with a 4-plex to reduce my monthly rent expense.

We put all of our income into the HELOC which reduces the interest we pay.

As we progress through 2024, commercial real estate shows a mixed landscape influenced by economic factors like inflation and labor market shifts.Office PropertiesThe office sector remains strained, with vacancy rates at a record high of 13.8% in July.

While you can try to negotiate anything, I haven’t encountered any broker that’s been willing to reduce the fees.

They are dealing with more lease turnover caused by deaths of residents, high labor expenses for different levels of care (IL / AL / MC), as well as finding employees that want to do this work.

If you do your due diligence, it can be a great investment and help reduce vacancy.

However, I did it the old-fashioned way: increased earnings, reduced expenses, saved, and invested.

Production returns to US from off-shore, labor rate rises.

if my wife is paid 30% of collected rents to manage the property it will reduce my Schedule E profit.