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23 December 2024 | 15 replies
The GSEs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both allow the use of foreign income under certain circumstances.In the personal tax returns provided by a borrower, you may see an IRS Form 2555, which identifies the foreign earned income.
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3 January 2025 | 26 replies
The best buyers agents provide insight to the market, negotiate to get a better deal, provides clarity to the transaction, steadies the nerves of buyers (first time home buyers for example), identifies problems with the property, introduces a whole cast of players to get the deal done etc.
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14 December 2024 | 9 replies
I will do my homework on long distance REI (even tho the markets are 1-2 hours away), but have a couple questions- What are some of your key metrics/signs you use when identifying a new market?
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31 December 2024 | 32 replies
. —- Again I’m not saying you have to do these things; it all depends what type of investor you are and what you are looking for however it is important to understand that if you shift the responsibility of either identifying the invest property or managing or any other aspect there WILL be a trade off — in this case the turnkey company has delivered on your goal of 8-9% ROI (projected... so TBC) and in return you have traded some of the other benefits of investing in RE for the convenience of not having to do much more than to look over the properties they have sent you and funding it from the comfort of your home, office, etc. ... again if this is the goal then you are on point but if the goal is to also partake in ALL of the other benefits of RE then you should understand that and not be surprised that it’s not a ‘stellar’ investment that checks all the boxes.
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2 February 2025 | 178 replies
I have helped clients identify attorneys so they can have their legal rights protected.
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19 December 2024 | 8 replies
Today, I want to share why I've pivoted to developing container home senior communities and the investment analysis behind this decision.Background:Running a distressed property fund taught me to identify undervalued opportunities and market inefficiencies.
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18 December 2024 | 9 replies
I’m also interested in identifying the most scalable approach to support future growth.
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16 December 2024 | 43 replies
They identified a property for me and sent me a house in Akron, OH.
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24 December 2024 | 23 replies
So the important thing would be to identify what type of investor you are and then ask for recommendations only from similar people.
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30 December 2024 | 24 replies
However, anytime errors are caught or delays are identified, we work quickly to resolve the issue.