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William Harvey Accounting for house flippers
10 September 2024 | 29 replies
We track flips on the P&L in the following accounts:Flips - Sales Price, Flips - Purchase Price, Flips - Acquisition Costs, Flips - Rehab Costs, Flips - Holding Costs, and Flips - Selling CostsIf the project isn't sold by the end of the year, we book a journal entry to move it from the P&L to the Balance Sheet.
Andrew C. what do you use to track FixedAssets for depreciation/amortization?
9 September 2024 | 12 replies
When there's a new property they take the tax assessor percentage of building/land value and use that to obtain the building value based on our acquisition price.
Karin Levi Checklist & Strategy for Furnishing a Seasonal Rental
7 September 2024 | 4 replies
When furnishing my first STR, I leaned towards cheaper goods as I had just spent a ton of money on the acquisition, and learned my lesson quickly.
Sanjeev Advani Bascom Group Acquires 249-Unit Multifamily Property in Bakersfield for $56.6M
5 September 2024 | 0 replies
The Bascom Group, LLC has expanded its presence in California’s Central Valley with the acquisition of Old River Place, a 249-unit build-to-rent multifamily property in Southwest Bakersfield, for $56.6 million.
Eric Chan Missed Lien by title leads to missed profits
7 September 2024 | 15 replies
Had 1) an assignment or 2) an entity acquisition been possible rather than a (fat) double-close, this would now be the end buyer's problem. 
Dilcia Morales Advice for First STR Acquisition
3 September 2024 | 2 replies

I'm excited to be under contract for my first short-term rental in Pompano Beach, Florida. Can someone tell me what kind of insurance I need to acquire for my Airbnb property? It seems homeowners insurance does not co...

Xiang J. Best way to start BRRR?
5 September 2024 | 9 replies
In the interim, the Investor B BRRRR strategist spent 3X as much time managing the acquisition, construction and management of their assets comparted to the Investor A strategist.
Claudia Stewart Dead lawn due to lack of watering on vacant property considered PM negligence?
6 September 2024 | 19 replies
The same company that handled the acquisition has an in-house property management team that we are working with.
Julie Muse Doubling the Value: Dearborn St Success in Hobart!
4 September 2024 | 0 replies
We financed the Dearborn St project using our standard Partner Driven strategy—covering all the necessary capital for the acquisition and renovation.
Roberto Westerband First Lien HELOC Strategy
8 September 2024 | 168 replies
The advantage of this LOC is that it offers an integrated checking account/routing acct # so you can treat the loan as a "checking account," and it auto sweeps or calculates interest daily and closes out your position so that means any funds credited to your account can lower your daily interest cost.I have one that is fixed for 5 years interest only but its a commercial LOC that I use for acquisitions and it calculates simple interest which is nice when you want to make early payments or if you'd like to do those pay check parking strategies or rapid debt free strategies.Most lines of credit do not have escrowed tax and insurance so this means you will have to pay it on your own.When I do LOC's on rental's I just have the PM (property management) take over the responsibility of escrowing the property taxes and insurance so I dont have to remember when to pay them.Typically LOC's are full recourse but at a low enough LTV Im sure you can negotiate a non recourse LOC but that'd probably be in the commercial realm at a bank small enough where they'd be willing to negotiate, probably.