Not to even get into how rare it is to see 25% returns and 2x multiples in 2 years....If the simplest of things don’t add up, which they do not here, how can you trust the way more complex stuff that goes behind these outlandish projections?  

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

Hello, my brothers and I just inherited some land and 100k, we live in rural northern California. The land we inherited is in the town that we live, and like most of California, our town has a housing crisis. We are c...

In order to transfer title seamlessly, (i.e. no due on sale enforcement or transfer taxes) based on the research I have done, the simplest way is to create a Land Trust and make the LLC the beneficiary.  

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

If you are “in the business” there are several options you can do but it’s simplest to treat it as ordinary income as other ways can get complex with phantom taxes on loan modifications/extensions etxNot a tax accountant but have bought 500+ loans and it’s always been taxed at ordinary income - just don’t pay SS/Medicare etc.

At the simplest, you take the costs of the improvements, divide by 27.5 and that's your annual depreciation.

In the simplest terms it's the official process through which a decedent's assets are marshaled (gathered), creditors are given an opportunity to make and prove claims against those assets, and eventually the heirs or beneficiaries are paid their percentage of the remainder. 

In simplest terms - It allows the buyer/seller to pay for a years worth of interest UP FRONT, thus getting 1% lower interest rate for the first year. 

Most importantly you can get carried interest which in the simplest terms means that you, as the investment sponsor, can receive a percentage of the profits disproportionate to your capital contribution (even if you contribute no capital at all).