Aaron Wolman
First Turn over
11 January 2025 | 7 replies
Security Deposit: 2600Lease states no smoking/painting walls/no hanging things on wallsTenants have moved out and have left two truck loads of garbage to be removed.Damaged doorPainted walls which got on the ceiling and trim Lots of holes on the walls throughout the houseDamage from windows being left open constantly Weed was clearly smoked in the house (smell throughout the place) so we need to deep cleanWater bill wasn't paid so I had to turn back on utilityMissing keyQuoted costs:$450 junk removal (some furniture)$935 for damaged doors/windows, painting cleaning$30 for utility turn onTenants were only there for a year before moving out so a lot of this is beyond normal wear and tear.
Toby Khan
Wichita, KS Investors
9 January 2025 | 107 replies
Originally posted by @Kelly Watkins:Residential developers in Wichita pass the cost of the neighborhood utilities (sewers, streets etc..) onto the buyer.
Blake Winiecki
New Investor in Southwest Florida
15 January 2025 | 12 replies
Currently, interest rates, taxes, and insurance are very high, making it difficult to cashflow with downpayments that are below 40%.
Bobby Short
Costa Rica 2nd property Mortgage
11 January 2025 | 12 replies
The LLC helps when you are trying to do things like turn on utilities.
Christina Galdieri
1031 Exchange for a small business?
28 January 2025 | 6 replies
Intangible assets like goodwill or tangible personal property (e.g., equipment) are excluded from 1031 treatment and are taxed separately—goodwill is typically taxed as a capital gain, while equipment may be subject to depreciation recapture taxed as ordinary income.To minimize taxes on the sale of the business, consider strategies such as Opportunity Zone investments, which defer gains until 2026 if proceeds are reinvested in a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF), or structuring the sale as an installment agreement to spread taxable income over multiple years.
Colin Ford
BRRR long term buy and old for STR or long term rentals
12 January 2025 | 12 replies
We’re really best suited for those high income earners out there with strong investment experience and cash positions to literally take the reigns and create a strong cash flow product and tax write off for them with minimal time spent on their part.
Kyle Carter
Role insurance plays
3 January 2025 | 5 replies
Since I was only filing on major things like underground utilities, fires, etc.
Calvin Kwan
Convert Duplex to Triplex in Oakland, CA
28 January 2025 | 8 replies
Would be curios if folks have also just included the cost of utilities at this price and left it unpermitted.
Ryan Crowley
Pay off mortgage and snowball?
19 January 2025 | 61 replies
Most of my renters are nurses, engineers, and tax payer funded employees (Government workers).
Drake Backman
Newbie trying to learn the ropes
26 January 2025 | 3 replies
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