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3 January 2025 | 14 replies
That said, a single family home or cabin would be ideal.
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11 December 2024 | 7 replies
.: Hi All,Is there any way to structure a private lending arrangement so that income is considered passive (by IRS standards) and can offset accumulated schedule E losses?
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14 January 2025 | 27 replies
Not to mention retail buyers that also buy opera properties, Our normal range is between 1300 and 1600 sq ft for single family, which we have found to be ideal for results.
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8 February 2025 | 107 replies
My strategy is to buy a discounted property, hold that property for ideally about 3 years but sometimes up to around 7.
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31 December 2024 | 418 replies
They knew that, or the agent I deal with did.
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7 January 2025 | 28 replies
Most MTRs in my area include utilities, but my California property has very high utility costs (PG&E - could easily be $1000/month with regular AC/heat use).
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1 January 2025 | 32 replies
I have a UPS box, also capable of receiving shipments (I get an e-mail when a package has arrived, for example).
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22 December 2024 | 12 replies
You’ve given me a lot to think about, especially regarding refining my ideal PML strategy.
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14 January 2025 | 28 replies
Come tax time it becomes fairly easy to run separate reports for each entity or each property for schedule E.
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27 December 2024 | 8 replies
If you're investing in real estate, ask yourself can you hold this a minimum of 8 years, ideally 12, optimally north of 20?