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29 January 2025 | 4 replies
Extra set of eyes, second opinion and diversity of your own investments
10 February 2025 | 8 replies
Assume nothing, detail everything, and I do mean everything.
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31 January 2025 | 12 replies
Meeting the 100-hour material participation rule qualifies your STR income as active as long as no one else participates more than you, This will allow losses to offset W-2 or other active income.While there’s no official IRS form to track hours, maintaining a detailed log is essential in case of an audit.
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29 January 2025 | 5 replies
You can always take extra courses or certifications later to level up your skills.
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25 January 2025 | 0 replies
Most look at a Certificate of Insurance and confirm coverage limits but best practices are to (1) become added as additional insured under contractors policy and (2) understand coverage exclusions which are not going to be detailed on an insurance certificate.
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16 January 2025 | 2 replies
If you have extra cash at the end of the month, then do double up payments on the mortgages so the principle is reduced and this will increase your heloc room.
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30 January 2025 | 6 replies
I would recommend consulting with a tax professional to gather more details to confirm this based on your situation.
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1 February 2025 | 2 replies
Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.DM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!
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23 January 2025 | 3 replies
They also know about real estate so less likely to charge you extra fees to get an appraisal or BPO because they can estimate the value themselves.
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23 January 2025 | 5 replies
So if I understand, you would get a loan the normal way and then the bank trust is an extra fee that comes along with owning the property in Mexico?