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Tim Schroeder Accounting for rental property startup costs
22 October 2018 | 3 replies
The consumables should be expensed as their lifetime is clearly less than one year.That being said, you want to expense as much as you're allowed to optimize your tax deductions. $1,000 in tax deductions now is worth more than $1,000 spread over the next 27.5 years because of the time value of money.You can be upfront with investors that you typically spend $20k to prepare a property for rent, and that a portion of that is expensed on taxes in the year that you purchase the property. 
Jason Merchey Optimism Vs.
16 December 2018 | 4 replies

There is a psychological research finding that used a light switch as the variable. The experimenters had subjects flip the switch at will, and they varied the light on and off. It turns out that optimists were overco...

Dave Rav Vacation rental - near the water
7 July 2019 | 25 replies
You think you’ve won or gained but gained, most likely, less than optimal because of your flawed strategy and mindset.
Joe Prenger Help Setting Up and Optimizing Podio
25 June 2020 | 2 replies
I've got Podio set up but also would like help getting it optimized.
Henry Clark Self Storage- Marketing New Location startup
21 July 2021 | 10 replies
In the major Metropolitan area, Sparefoot or a similar product take the lead because it is all about SEO (search engine optimization).
Terri B. Property Management Company Columbia, SC and surrounding areas
16 November 2020 | 6 replies
We have done business or watched management done by almost every company around and with mixed results.I would prefer you to have a very specific menu of charges for different services.
Brad Campbell First time investment BRRRR
16 November 2020 | 8 replies
Once you get to the refinance step, if done optimally, you can get all your cash back and move to the next deal.
Cornelius Charles Diary of a New (wannabe) Investor in Southern California
1 July 2016 | 119 replies
I also want to study a couple of resources to make sure that we are optimizing the video marketing as much as possible.Networking – Will attend the Ventura County Real Estate Investors Club in Thousand Oaks on Thursday.4509 Falkirk Bay – We were supposed to get 3 additional bids from GCs today, but haven’t received a single one of them.
Lesley Resnick Do you like Ramen noodles?
31 May 2017 | 31 replies
To be frugal is to maximize value, or assessing each and every purchase to optimize the long term benefit you get from it vs. the long term cost you pay for it.
Richie P. If you could have more of ONE thing as in investor...
7 November 2022 | 0 replies
So I'm wondering what that result should be that I am optimizing for and I want it to be something that will be sure to result in some success for the client but also that I can have a high degree of control over (deals purchased would be hard because I'm greatly relying on the investors ability to close deals.)