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12 January 2025 | 8 replies
If you made housing free the same bleeding hearts would be complaining about utilities.
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16 January 2025 | 5 replies
After watching some of the podcasts and reading posts I am set on starting my real estate journey utilizing the house hacking strategy.
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14 January 2025 | 1 reply
I mean myself and any bank would need more details, but if you utilize that large sum as a downpayment and have a small mortgage, wouldn't you easily qualify for the debt to income?
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1 February 2025 | 56 replies
Utilizing a wrap he has a mortgage note as an asset to offset the mortgage he’s still responsible for on the property.
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29 January 2025 | 10 replies
There are quite a number of things that can make utilizing an FHA loan more difficult such as more barriers during appraisal, appearance of low qualification/little cash, typically longer closing period, likely higher interest rate, and PMI cannot be dropped without a refinance if 3.5% down.That said, just chain 5% down conventional loans, and make sure your duplexes pay for themselves.
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15 January 2025 | 5 replies
To determine the correct treatment, consider the RV's permanence, utility connections, and business use.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.
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12 January 2025 | 0 replies
Utilities included.Fully rented.For sale off market.
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20 January 2025 | 7 replies
Easiest thing to do is to utilize your channel manager to create one (most have this feature) or maybe consider houfy.com or craftedstays.co, they are specific for creating direct websites.
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4 February 2025 | 24 replies
Build to rent is a great strategy if you are able to utilize some competitive advantages in your market.
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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.