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Cosmo DePinto Has anyone used Anderson Advisors?
27 January 2025 | 10 replies
You could see an attorney or even better talk about it with your financial planner many have legal tech now that makes it essentially frictionless to get your estate work done and keep it updated.  
Arthur Savery Planning to sell a long term rental condo, use 1031 and buy 2 condos
11 January 2025 | 12 replies
A good DST would absorb the rest of your debt nicely.
Hunter Goorsky NEW Investor in the Joliet area 🏠
22 January 2025 | 9 replies
If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.
Tayvion Payton Would You Pay an 18% Premium for Seller Financing at 2%?
13 January 2025 | 2 replies
How much weight do you give to the cash flow benefit of cheap debt when the property is priced above market?
Ivan Castanon I need to change strategies. What should I do?
3 February 2025 | 47 replies
Deduct NEW property taxes after you buyDeduct home insurance costsDeduct maintenance percentage, typically 10%Deduct vacancy+tenant nonperformance percentage(we recommend 5% for Class A, 10% Class B, 20% Class C, good luck with Class D)Deduct whatever dollar/percentage of cashflow you wantNow, what you have left over is the amount for debt service.Enter it into a mortgage calculator, with current interest rate for an investment property, to determine your maximum mortgage amount.Divide the mortgage amount by either 75% or 80%, depending on the required down payment percentage - this is your tentative price to offer.If the property needs repairs, you'll want to deduct 110%-120% of the estimated repairs from this amount.Be sure to also research the ARV and make sure it's 10-20% higher than your tentative purchase price.As long as the ARV checks out, this is the purchase price to offer.It is probably significantly below the asking price.
Scott Trench Can Someone Please Explain Why A "Wholesaler" Would NOT Get Licensed?
18 January 2025 | 13 replies
the other reason wholesalers wont get licensed is the guru's tell them they don't need it and its legal in very state ( which it is not) and the reasons you don't want a license are as I mentioned the fiduciary laws.. 
Tim Wiesemann 2025 Goal To Start Using BP
19 January 2025 | 4 replies
If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.
Doug Teasdale Wholesale assignment agreement question
15 January 2025 | 4 replies
Hello Doug, I am not a real estate attorney nor is this legal advice.Unless someone's state has specific laws banning contract assignments you should be fine doing the following.  
Joshua Piche Im looking to move out this year and house hack my first property
7 January 2025 | 12 replies
- FYI: it's only illegal to try to rent it out, the property owner can usually legally live in a nonconforming basement unit.If you do all this you may still negatively cashflow each month, so make sure your income can cover and/or your cash reserves.If you do this successfully, you will learn more in 1-2 years than you would reading here on BP for 5+ years:)Good luck:)
Heather Bailey Insuring your House Hack
13 January 2025 | 6 replies
Hi @Heather Bailey something to consider with this is legal mother/daughter may not mean legal duplex.