@Tamiko Kettrles-Woods Welcome, when you are responding on a thread if you use the @ sign and start to type the name of the person you are trying to communicate with their name will appear at the bottom of the post box, click on it to start your post it should highlight the name and when you post it will notify the person you are talking to that they have a communication.

Much is in labelled boxes.

I've been trying on single family homes, but I keep getting boxed out by cash buyers.

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Hi adam,  Outside The Box Real Estate does property management, helps with the rehabs and lists and helps with purchases for properties in Dayton and the surrounding area .  

Single family investment occupancy loans have a min 15% down payment per the Conventional guidelines (some lenders and banks may require 20% or 25%), and investment occupancy rates still tend to be under 5% for most scenarios so if your situation does not fit the second home box, the investment loan may not be too much of a stretch. 

And just like with the others above there are some good deductions you should be taking advantage of here as well.S-CorpW2 income – that’s easy, you probably understood that your W2 income can be added BACKK-1 income (box 1 & 2) – also pretty self-explanatory, but just in case, it’s added BACKAmortization/Casualty Loss – Added BACKDepreciation 1120s (line 14 & 15) – Added BackHowever….Mortgage Notes, bonds payable in less than 1 year (Schedule L, line 17)- this is SUBTRACTED from your incomeMeals & Entertainment (Schedule M1, Line 3b) – SUBTRACTED from your incomeNon re-occurring Other Income (1120s line 5) – SUBTRACTED from your incomePartnershipsW2, K1 (box 1,2, & 4), Depreciation, Amortization/Casualty Loss – all added BACKNon re-occurring Other Income, Meals and Entertainment, Mortgage Notes payable in less than 1 year, AND Ordinary income from Other (1065 line 4) – all SUBTRACTED from your income*WHEW* What a lot of information and we could probably spend ENDLESS amounts of time on this subject.

A lot of military members are much happier coming back from the box ready to buy a new Corvette than they are investing in their financial future.

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