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6 February 2025 | 8 replies
They’re often familiar with market-specific expenses and can help validate your estimates.Lastly, as you analyze more deals, keep track of actual expenses on your properties or properties you’ve researched.
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18 February 2025 | 6 replies
I also reference this a lot but there's a step doctrine- basically if you're putting a step in the middle only to avoid tax...it isn't valid.
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6 February 2025 | 5 replies
.• Hybrid Approaches:Some teams combine purchased lists with public records to cross-reference and validate information, which can improve call success rates.I’ve found that a bit of trial and error is often necessary to identify the right mix for your market and team size.
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7 February 2025 | 9 replies
For 20 years I have been in the oil & gas drilling industry. 3 years ago, I became a drilling consultant and started my own business.
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28 January 2025 | 8 replies
However, as curiosity prodded, I looked into the degree that it is prohibitively expensive to consider just filing as a security anyway, irrespective of the pros and cons.Basically, I searched for "what are the costs for registering a security with the SEC" as well as "what are the costs for registering a syndication as a security with the SEC"Most the results produced explained something to the extent that the fee was about 150 bucks per million offered, without any other information on what would validate the explanation that filing a syndication as a security is prohibitively expensive.
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27 January 2025 | 8 replies
I have pulled a permit for removing a fireplace, but probably would not have but I had a significant remodel going with permits and did not want hassle of him making an issue of removing the fireplace (the inspection for fireplace removal consisted of only verifying gas cap was in visible location, he did not even spray it).
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10 February 2025 | 24 replies
@John BarryFirst and foremost, Section 8 is a protected class in Massachusetts, so you can not discriminate against any tenant that has it.As for the steps.1. list and show the unit as usual.2. validate all tenants the same way.3. if you go with a section 8 tenant, then they will have paperwork for you to complete/submit.4. section 8 will send out an inspector to check the unit, all common areas, the exterior and the basement (does not matter if they have access to it or not).5.