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Stefanie Jensen I want to buy a rental now, my husband wants to wait a see.
26 September 2017 | 183 replies
As luck would have it (and the numbers indicated) this was a very good deal....been like clock work 1st of every month the bank account grows net about $700 after everything including capex/repair allocation.  
Kurt Granroth What beats apartment syndication returns for passive income?
1 September 2022 | 77 replies
Say I am an accredited investor and I want to allocate $500k for a type of investment that should be capital preserving; completely passive; and generates $100k annually in income. 
Brice Hall A lot of people are being misled
13 June 2016 | 123 replies
If you can allocate monthly amounts that will still allow you to cash flow & you can live with the totals it should be fine. 
Mindy Jensen "Stupid" Mistakes Every Newbie Landlord Makes
3 June 2018 | 142 replies
This one might be a bit of a wash because housing prices slow during Dec-Feb, but I definitely ate into my vacancy allocation while trying to rent it out.Great thread.
Account Closed Most Millennials regret buying a home
20 July 2018 | 27 replies
I'm still shocked that most people have trouble "trusting" the stock market which I feel is a testament to their poor research skills. 9/10 times an investor will out ahead if they buy the S&P500 index and follow their asset allocation strategy.
Matthew Apostol Tax Question: Deducting home improvement cost
20 May 2020 | 3 replies
The capital improvements depreciate over a residential schedule of 27.5 years, taking your original basis and allocation of improvements to land into account.
Ron Thomas House prices will never outpace inflation over time, its impossible.
4 June 2018 | 206 replies
The only possible way national housing price averages can or would diverge from inflation is A) a market correction or B) if the percent of total income people were willing/able to allocate toward their housing expense changed across the board.
Ron P. Accounting for Multiple Flips
6 May 2015 | 12 replies
Not familiar with QB as it is currently or which module is used, but from an accounting standpoint, you are overdoing it and causing more work with multiple accounts and cards.You only need one operating account and use account numbers to identify different projects, those accounts may then be consolidated to your categories.If QB doesn't allow sub accounts, thought it did, then use sub-accounts and consolidate those to one line item in your program.If your operation is bigger, where you buy bulk materials you may benefit from an inventory control system, if you buy major items like appliances and store them for later use, you may look into LIFO and FIFO inventory accounting for tax savings and allocations.
Doug P. Is lending hard money a good way to "invest"
29 January 2009 | 8 replies
I have been educating myself on tax liens, SFH and multi unit investing so as to diversify away from my current stock / bond allocation -- thinking "he who is willing to get hands dirty makes more money."
Ken DiPietro Housing Bubble II - One possible future.
30 April 2009 | 19 replies
Since this appears to be the case, it is now our job to analyze the ramifications of these policies and allocate resources in the best possible manner, as you know.Ben Bernanke's thesis is also an interesting piece of work.