Just starting out and excited to be here... I'm looking to find fixer-uppers and/or rental investments for starters. I would like to find a mentor/agent who has experience with Foreclosures (HUD) who would be willing ...

Again, there are a lot of things that you are implying about our business on a platform where the information will stay for others to read in the future.

We pay payroll taxes and workers comp, we comply with state and federal laws regarding work place safety, PTO, vacation, labor laws et al.

Hello, We have a triplex in a lower-income neighborhood in the Tampa Bay area. We have a pretty good Tenant who is moving from one apartment unit to another. The previous Tenant left the place dirty, and several rooms...

That’s what really makes you happy.A good workplace doesn't happen fast.So, what does a good workplace have?

Quote from @Ben Trageser: If you live in your short-term rental (STR) property in a future year after claiming depreciation, depreciation recapture does not occur immediately.

I was playing with the idea of selling my condo, taking 300k of the equity to put a down payment towards a house listed at 660k.I'm assuming the reno will run $300/sqft and going in with the assumption that phase 1 will run 750k (figure the expansion of the house will have to wait) for the gut reno.I assume/hope (but definitely not banking on) that I will be able to refi in 2-3 years at a lower interest rate; if not for a lower rate.This will likely be a family home for the next 5-10 years at LEAST so investment value isn't quite at top of mind ATM.Questions:Even if it's not for lower interest rate, do you feel it's advisable to refi to remove the 203 loan in the future?

I looking into converting a condo into one in the near future and would love to chat with some MTR hosts.

You aren’t creating new deductions, you’re simply pulling them forward so you’ll have less deductions in the future.

I started down this journey once I realized that being a youth pastor alone would never provide the financial future that I want for my wife and kids so I started investigating real estate and reading "BRRRR".