Maxwell Silva
How do I market myself as a new agent?
25 January 2025 | 26 replies
It should include the following First and last nameEmail addressPhone numbersocial media handlesNotesIn your notes section you will want to write in things like what the potential client is interested in, first and last time you corresponded with them and how you met them.
Account Closed
Will a seller financed deal show up on buyers credit or considered on debt to income?
14 January 2025 | 7 replies
It may or may not show on a credit report, depends on the servicing and you should have the loan serviced.Failure to include the debt on a future loan application is mortgage fraud, wanna go to jail?
Jaedon Stout
Looking for Real Estate Investment Strategies Using Funding
13 January 2025 | 5 replies
Your clients should focus on properties with significant equity potential and work with experienced contractors to stay within budget and timeline—especially with borrowed funds on the line.Avoiding Bad Deals - Encourage them to work with experienced agents, contractors, or mentors and always run multiple scenarios, including worst-case outcomes, to stress-test their numbers.Reserves - Advise your clients to keep a reserve fund separate from their loan for emergencies, unexpected expenses, or delays.
Christina Galdieri
1031 Exchange for a small business?
28 January 2025 | 6 replies
However, the 1031 exchange only applies to the real estate component or real property, of the business, not the business itself or its non-real estate assets.In other words, while you can exchange real estate used in your business for other like-kind real estate, the business itself, including goodwill, equipment, and other non-real estate assets, does not qualify for a 1031 exchange.To maximize your tax deferral, focus on the real estate portion of the sale.
Vincent Plant
Hard Money Costs Too Much?
13 January 2025 | 15 replies
He said that typically in flip deals its around 30-40% down but if construction was included it would be about 30%.
Michael Plaks
EXPLAINED: sending 1099s to contractors and vendors
15 January 2025 | 13 replies
Upon "googling" I see where some folks include Debit Cards as not having to send 1099's, but I want to be certain.A lot of contractors lump their labor and materials together.
George Casey
Need a Creative Lender
27 December 2024 | 4 replies
So you will need to have skin in the game.
Sharma Parth
Feedback on company Offer Geek in Flint, Michigan?
21 January 2025 | 14 replies
Hey Tyler we hate to hear that your experience was negative sincerely we would have hoped that we could have come to a resolution we know that you and your partner had made a request that we do $800 of work that was unfortunately not in your scope of work at the time we had exhausted $4900 in additional work to ensure the property was to satisfaction which included a new hood range upgraded lvp flooring additional framing new window and a paint upgrade from a single color format to a multi color format and can lighting all of which was never in the original scope and unfortunately when we requested that we do the work you declined I’ve attached before and after videos of the home for reference https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/h0ddll4cyp5g5gq12o73s/Video-J... always twos sides to these stories..
Yonathan Cabrera
Locating Gap Funders?
22 December 2024 | 7 replies
Unfortunately most lack the balance sheet to obtain favorable financing, can't afford to put any skin in the game and fail to make a compelling reason for why the investment makes sense or to justify the structure they are seeking.
Curtis Cutler
cashing in 401k? rethinking retirement.
27 January 2025 | 9 replies
Instead, roll the funds into an IRA or Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA) to keep them tax-deferred and open up flexible investment options, including real estate.