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30 December 2024 | 7 replies
Can someone explain something about the buy, borrow, die concept of avoiding income taxes?
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6 February 2025 | 12 replies
It doesn’t matter if you buy a new roof in year 5 or year 30, you depreciate it over 27.5 more years, not 27.5 since you purchased the property.
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1 February 2025 | 6 replies
Ensure you are buying in an area you want and can see your family living in.
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5 February 2025 | 11 replies
My buy box is turnkey sfh 3/1 or small multi newer major utilities and roof.
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1 February 2025 | 56 replies
You buy a property SubTo 2.
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3 February 2025 | 6 replies
If you're willing and able, I do recommend the "house hacking" strategy which is just a fancy name for buying a rental property and living in one of the units, because you'll get very favorable financing - an owner-occupied fixed-rate 30-year mortgage.I'd also say, analyze that property as if you won't live there and it's a pure rental, and make sure the property is still cash flow positive if there's a tenant in your unit because then you'll know if it's actually a good investment.And when you analyze it, include payment of a property manager in your #s because if you don't, and doing so would make it go cash flow negative, then you've just bought yourself a job because you literally can't step away from managing it without losing money.
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4 February 2025 | 11 replies
However, you could buy a property with seller financing.
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7 February 2025 | 6 replies
On the buy side you can snag deals and have leverage so it helps with buying deals right.
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1 February 2025 | 14 replies
Quote from @Roger Paschal: Quote from @Quentin Hollis: I'm currently working on my first real estate deal and will be buying a property subject to the owners existing mortgage.
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5 February 2025 | 17 replies
I am also still buying flips/LTR..