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11 February 2025 | 0 replies
*Energy Efficiency – Given the hot climate, buyers in Phoenix look out for energy-efficient upgrades like new windows, insulation and solar panels.ABSOLVING COSTS & POTENTIAL PROFITSBefore you put down your money for a fix-and-flip, it’s important to run the numbers on all the costs, including:*Purchase Price — The amount of money paid to acquire the property.
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30 January 2025 | 4 replies
Turbotax isn't going to educate you so unless you'd like to educate yourself and potentially make some costly pitfalls, then I'd outsource.
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22 January 2025 | 5 replies
.- Cities like Toronto will levy another tax (Vacant Home tax) equivalent to 1% of the current assessed value of the property if the property is not occupied (rented, owner-occupied, family occupied, all count as occupied)- Land Transfer Tax: while the Province of Ontario charges anywhere between 0.5 - 2% of Land Transfer Tax when your transaction closes, you should expect to pay this amount twice if the property is in the City of Toronto .
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11 February 2025 | 16 replies
Look for properties with value-add potential, plan renovations carefully, and use tools like the BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator to analyze deals.
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9 February 2025 | 3 replies
If you’re open to discussing potential deals or just networking, feel free to drop a comment or send me a message!
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4 February 2025 | 1 reply
A lot of qualifying questions for any potential tenant.Having said the above, I ask for some "standard" things, such as the names of everyone who'll be living at the unit.
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22 January 2025 | 8 replies
Cash Flow Potential: Rental income from real estate held in an SDIRA flows directly back into the account, allowing you to reinvest and compound your wealth tax-advantaged.
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7 February 2025 | 5 replies
I'm not a fan of mega back door roth contributions, unless potentially if you're in the 22% tax bracket or lower.
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29 January 2025 | 4 replies
Here’s how they approached it:1.Scraping Listings: They used web scraping tools like Beautiful Soup and GPT APIs to scan Airbnb for properties in their target areas.2.Image Analysis: They trained an AI model to analyse listing photos, identifying homes with solid potential (good structure, layout, location) that were undervalued due to low-quality photos.
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31 January 2025 | 24 replies
I have not started, completed or participated in a syndication so tough to assess an ROI at this time.