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David Overcash Retired Navy, New investor looking to buy first Property in 2025
11 March 2025 | 24 replies
Tenant Default: 0-5% probability of eviction or early lease termination.Section 8: Class A rents are too high and won’t be approved.Vacancies: 5-10%, depending on market conditions.Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Class B Properties:Tenant Pool: Majority of FICO scores 620-680, some blemishes, no convictions/evictions in last 5 years.Tenant Default: 5-10% probability of eviction or early lease termination.Vacancies: 10-15%, depending on market conditions.Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 1-3 years for positive cashflow, balanced amounts of relative rent & value appreciation.Section 8: Class B rents are usually too high for the Section 8 program.Class C Properties:Tenant Pool: Majority of FICO scores 560-620, many blemishes, but should have no convictions/evictions in last 3 years.
Selina Witherspoon Sorta new to Real estate investing
10 March 2025 | 3 replies
Best of luck and I hope you are able to find some great deals this year
Michael Carlson First time multi family duplex buyer
12 March 2025 | 11 replies
Electrical work was done in the past 10 years, all romex.I don't feel so confident about this deal since my last deal was 350k purchase price, 100k in renovation and 700k sale price but I need some place to park my money.
Julio Gonzalez Tax Strategy to Increase Cash Flow
4 March 2025 | 4 replies
In order to determine if your property is eligible and ensure your assets are assigned to their respective recovery periods, a cost segregation study is needed.A cost segregation study is a strategic tax planning tool that separates the assets that have a shorter useful life and can be depreciated over 5, 7 and 15 years from the residential rental property or nonresidential real property that are depreciated over 27.5 and 39 years, respectively.
Paul Novak Long term investing strategy (Boring)
11 March 2025 | 22 replies
So 60k per year in rough expenses.
Priscilla C. Locations for Real Estate investing ideas
11 March 2025 | 18 replies
Tenant Default: 0-5% probability of eviction or early lease termination.Section 8: Class A rents are too high and won’t be approved.Vacancies: 5-10%, depending on market conditions.Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Class B Properties:Tenant Pool: Majority of FICO scores 620-680, some blemishes, no convictions/evictions in last 5 years.Tenant Default: 5-10% probability of eviction or early lease termination.Vacancies: 10-15%, depending on market conditions.Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 1-3 years for positive cashflow, balanced amounts of relative rent & value appreciation.Section 8: Class B rents are usually too high for the Section 8 program.Class C Properties:Tenant Pool: Majority of FICO scores 560-620, many blemishes, but should have no convictions/evictions in last 3 years.
Lee Burns Could someone please share the 2025 Chicago Residential Lease?
10 March 2025 | 6 replies
What I really meant to ask  in my previous post was why the secrecy of sharing the 2025 lease when sharing in the below posts for previous years seemed welcomed with open arms.1) https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/1086767-chica...2) https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/1099650-chica...3) https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/664/topics/1027556-2022...4) https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/1093434-2023-...Oddly enough, my question was answered in the below post by Nathan Gesner, but I'm still curious about the above postshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/1108701-chica... 
Brian J Allen How Capital Gains Tax Law is Limiting Housing Inventory
6 March 2025 | 41 replies
Here’s a personal example.  10 years ago I decided to “Roth” my solo 401k.
Paul Novak (Seeking Perspective) Shut Off 401K Investing
5 March 2025 | 12 replies
I recommend modeling your family budget for a year and conservstively project project your income, investment growth and expenses conservatively out to at least 80 years old.
Francis A. California isn’t the only place where insurers are dropping homeowners
3 March 2025 | 11 replies
Just curious why the average roof is replaced every 6 years in DFW.