19 June 2019 | 10 replies
Supreme Court's Howey case and subsequent case law have found that an "investment contract" (aka securities offering) exists when there is the investment of money in a common enterprise with a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the efforts of others.
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1 August 2021 | 22 replies
Subprime was a sideshow, derivatives were the real timebomb, read Liar's Poker and The Big Short.
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1 March 2021 | 6 replies
This is for the 12 month period ending Feb 17, 2021.The cap rates were estimated and derived based on the following assumptions:1) Net Income will be 50% of listed Gross Income.Below you will find Chicago Cap Rates by neighborhood.
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13 September 2020 | 6 replies
How do you derive reliable information by looking at similar/targeted listings on Airbnb?
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23 June 2020 | 16 replies
Since the property is vacant I’ll assume there is no operating expense history, so you will have to derive that from similar properties.
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7 July 2020 | 6 replies
I have derived this strategy through late night readings from Brandon Turner’s “The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down: Real Life Strategies for Investing in Real Estate Using Other People's Money”, Google, and podcasts (Max Maxwell, Side Hustle Pro, and Marco Santarelli).
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22 April 2020 | 9 replies
The affidavit said: “Building or constructing homes for future sale (50% or more of business revenue derives from building a home under contract with an identified Purchaser is eligible)” I certify that the above requirement applies to the applicant business.My research led me to this SBA document from 2011 that describes SBA lending ruleshttps://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/SOP%2050%2010%205%28D%29%20%289-15-11%29%20clean_0_5.pdfThe current SBA guidance linked to these old rules for PPP eligibility.
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15 September 2022 | 5 replies
I did get an AirDNA subscription for the area, but in all honesty it is very difficult to derive much insight from it.The big questions:1.
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6 December 2022 | 33 replies
How did you derive your ARV?
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16 November 2022 | 2 replies
It is derived from the trends in pending, active and sold listings compared with historical data over the previous four years.