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19 January 2025 | 0 replies
I keep hearing that it's not the best investment right now because of the downturn after COVID.
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19 January 2025 | 47 replies
Do all the work to keep half the profits and crush the resale value?
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16 January 2025 | 0 replies
***BUT keep it ***B - Buy it F - Fix itLive - Primary Residence itLeave - Keep it, rent it out, and find a new primary residence What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?
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30 January 2025 | 10 replies
That is to basically keep you honest, so they judge can tell you tried.
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16 January 2025 | 7 replies
Better to keep rent 5-10% below market, but keep a tenant long-term.If you can handle all this, you MIGHT be ready to be a real estate mogul.Otherwise, you may want to get out of your own way and hire a PMC to manage your property better.Let us know how this goes before you continue dreaming about anything else:)
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14 January 2025 | 7 replies
Then we keep the accounting straight via Quickbooks with each unit a different Class.
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10 February 2025 | 16 replies
Yes you have to be able to afford to keep the property.
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14 January 2025 | 3 replies
Lastly, always keep your job and build your employment foundation because that keeps you income relevant and lendable.Hey thanks for your reply!
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21 January 2025 | 14 replies
We don't pay vendors by credit card or cashapp because it is far too hard to keep the accounting straight with a high volume of transactions to do that.
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15 January 2025 | 11 replies
Selling and buying something else you want keep and doing a cost seg in would help with the tax burden probably better in this situation.