Purchase price: $8,000 Cash invested: $20,000 In 2013, I decided to put much of what I had learned from books into action by purchasing a two-bedroom home—not as a traditional investment property, but as a home for my mother.

Purchase price: $8,000 Cash invested: $20,000 In 2013, I put my knowledge into action by purchasing a two-bedroom home for $8,000 as a home for my mother, though she wasn’t thrilled about it.

Purchase price: $8,000 Cash invested: $20,000 In 2013, I put my knowledge into action by purchasing a two-bedroom home for $8,000 as a home for my mother, though she wasn’t thrilled about it.

Hi all,My tenant's lease expires on December 31, 2024, and converts to a month-to-month tenancy with a $150 rent increase. She informed me on December 1st that she was expecting a job offer requiring a January move-ou...

But there is no black and white guidance that I could find.And, in conclusion...1st conclusion: no FICA until the child's 18th birthday.2nd conclusion: tax law is muddy (I would add two capital letters, but it's a family-friendly forum)3rd conclusion: pay your CPA, we have to deal with it daily, and it takes skill

I can come up with only about a third of the required down payment. 

I do think you need a separate entrance option or at least two entrances in a four-plex to make it easier on the LTR tenants, but if you are open about it form the start, everyone gets it and you choose the unit composition based on which ones will be STR or MTR.

I'm not an attorney or expert in AP specifically, but do have a working knowledge of it for Civil engineering/survey work and have had two projects where this came up and I was able to 'ride along' and see how it unfolded.First, if you 'know' the property has been taken by AP then there's nothing for you to do with the tax assessor etc.

Quote from @Natalia Perlova: Quote from @Marcus Auerbach: Agree with the last two posts.

First floor has a newer furnace (2016), two units upstairs share one furnace.