Aim for places where you make more money than you spend on things like loan payments, taxes, insurance, upkeep, and paying someone to manage the property.

What about a 2nd position home equity loan, like a regular cashout refi but you can leave the 1st position alone!

Two from regular people and 63 from real estate agents . 

Purchase price: $185,000 Cash invested: $220,000 This deal was brought to us by a wholesaler that we work with regularly.

I see the IRS regs about rental activities being defined as passive, but I don't see anything about a lower rate.I just see that this "passive activity" distinction subjects us to "passive activity loss rules", which limit our ability to offset other types of income with net passive losses.But even that limitation is negated for us because we fall into the "active participation" exception, so we can offset our regular earned taxable income dollar-for-dollar with losses from our rental (if I understand the regs correctly).

I Invest here and surrounding areas and also in Florida, but none of them perform as well as Lackawanna County.I'm AWFUL at checking BP regularly (hence while I'm just seeing this, I'm so sorry!)

I am hearing regularly from others that my experience is not an isolated one but par for the course for CrestCore.

Someone like SunBelt, but there may be dozens like this company who regularly sell such businesses, works with consultants who have buyers looking for these businesses, and have experience with valuations.Does the business own the real estate or do they lease?

Hello Bigger Pockets, My team and I are looking for a tip to point us into the right direction of how to convert our current tenant from regular rent she pays to a Sect. 8 Voucher (where rents in that zip code are much higher), she will have a percentage of the monthly rent paid for her by the government.

Make sure to pick houses that still make money after you pay all bills, like the mortgage, taxes, insurance, upkeep, empty times, and management fees.