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Clarase Mika Welcome to 2025! Turn Your Housing Allowance Into an Investment Opportunity
23 January 2025 | 0 replies
Instead of paying into someone else’s property, you could be using that allowance to finance your own real estate investment.In Germany, you have access to a stable market with long-term growth potential, and U.S. service members and government civilians have unique advantages here.
Zhong Zhang a multifamily investment case analysis
19 January 2025 | 6 replies
The tax benefits refer to the tax deductions from mortgage interest and property tax.The returns mainly rely on appreciation, and the cash flow only improves in the last few years, also depending on securing the 5% refinance rate.I've learned a lot from this forum, but as I start to operate on my own, I'm still not completely confident.
Justin LoPilato House Hacker Introduction!
22 January 2025 | 9 replies
Do you have a service or website you prefer to handle direct mail?
Sha Sing Has anyone worked with ReadyREI in Saginaw, Michigan
20 January 2025 | 19 replies
To this very day we are still taking on new clients and are doing just fine, so it goes to show you can’t please everyone but that doesn't mean you can’t still do good business and improve.
Alex Silang From a finance perspective, how does investing in a high rate environment work?
28 January 2025 | 4 replies
Year 0: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^0 / (1 + 5%)^0 ≈ $300 in today’s buying power.Year 5: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^5 / (1 + 5%)^5 ≈ $260 in today’s buying power.Year 10: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^10 / (1 + 5%)^10 ≈ $225 in today’s buying power.Year 15: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^15 / (1 + 5%)^15 ≈ $194 in today’s buying power.So, if you purchase property in a city where rent increases at a slower pace than inflation, the amount of goods and services you can buy will decrease over time due to inflation.Here is what I recommend:Purchase in a city that possesses the following characteristics.Significant and sustained population growth.Rapid and sustained appreciationBalance negative cash flow, interest rate buydown, and increased down payment to create an acceptable cash flow situation today.Refinance when rates fall to increase cash flow.
Alon Saar Where to Start?
28 January 2025 | 3 replies
The math behind Real Estate is not that complicated, Revenue - expenses and debt service = cash flow. 
Matt Miller What Systems Are Brokers Using to Run Their Business? (CRM, LOS, Marketing, etc.)
20 January 2025 | 7 replies
I started my solo-shop last summer and looking for ways to improve!
Troy Smith Refinance step of BRRR
13 January 2025 | 11 replies
It's a great way to showcase the improvements made and helps appraisers not miss stuff.
Bruce D. Kowal What REALLY Triggers IRS Attention in Real Estate Partnerships - From An Onlooker
29 January 2025 | 6 replies
Tax shelter schemes, partnerships with foreign partners and accounts, partnerships with hundreds of members, returns with blatant mistakes, entities in questionable businesses, like gambling, drugs, online video sales, escort services.