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13 February 2025 | 9 replies
House hacking can significantly lower your housing expenses, but full elimination isn’t guaranteed.### 2.
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12 February 2025 | 6 replies
The loan was personally guaranteed by you, not a corporation.
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8 February 2025 | 3 replies
No guarantee this will continue but I see elected officials making policy mistakes that will lead to less development and that makes me believe constrained supply will continue to drive above average appreciation.John
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15 February 2025 | 14 replies
Quote from @Havital Miltz: Normally you would set the LLC in the state where the property is.You have no tax benefits for setting up an LLC, it is more a protection from lawsuits and going after your personal assets, however not a guarantee....As a husband and wife you do not need to set up a partnership - IRS has special considerations for married couples for self employment, you could also apply that for a rental...Hope that helpsA joint venture is available to any 2 people co-owning real estate for investment purpose as tenant in common under Proc. 2002-22 (unrelated to marriage) but it can't be owned in an LLC together.
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8 February 2025 | 3 replies
Old lists which are on the mentioned platforms practically guarantees saturation and others already having reached out and made offers/solutions because all your competitors are getting the same leads and at the same time.
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16 February 2025 | 3 replies
houston is probably similar pricing to Columbus Ohio but way worse zoning laws. we take 20% on top as a GC and a guaranteed fee agreement. our contracted new construction projects recently:Single family new build spec home: 1513 square feet with 3 beds 2.5 baths 1 car attached $275000 approx $182 a square foot if calculated using heated square feet which means our cost is $145 a square foot. 3 unit / triplex new construction: 2008 square feet 2 bedrooms 1 bath per unit or total 6 bedrooms 3 bathrooms with 3 off street parking spaces. contracted build cost $395,000. no garage on this and better economies of scale with shared roof, slab, etc. $192 a square foot hard cost with our cost running approximately $157 a square foot.
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3 February 2025 | 5 replies
One thing to consider is there is no guarantee of building equity in pre-construction.
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30 January 2025 | 5 replies
I know many landlords set a credit score threshold around 580-600 for Section 8 tenants since the program provides a rental guarantee.
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16 February 2025 | 8 replies
This is a GRIND but that is the way forward in this environment IMO.Why this works is simple: You slow ramp to give time to build alot of skills needed to scale at the end of the 10th year you SHOULD have at least $3M portfolio assuming 3% appreciation that is $90K you are adding to your net worth EVERY single year guaranteed!
8 February 2025 | 10 replies
I jumped the gun and bought BP pro last month but I’ve been having second thoughts about it and have been trying to get a refund due to the 30 day money back guarantee.