
17 April 2024 | 34 replies
There are no real wholesalers in the group, and very few people doing free and clear transactions, at least that I know of, and the average level of the knowledge about real estate of any of those "Bid Dogs" attending the masterminds is very low, or almost non existent, as most of them are new members.Phil preaches that they are experts because the know just a little be more about real estate investment than the average guy, but the reality is that is all smoke and mirrors, and they feed and prey upon people expectations to improve their lives, creating false expectations about people being able to make money the easy way, with no credit or money to start with.
18 April 2024 | 2 replies
Write down all your expenses so far, including your time spent moving.

17 April 2024 | 13 replies
If you are able to put the property in a business name and separate the flow of money and put a wall between personal and business you can protect your personal assets.Taxes - It is going to make things a lot easier at tax time to show your CPA what your expenses have been.

18 April 2024 | 6 replies
Are there unnecessary expenses that can be cut out?

18 April 2024 | 7 replies
This means that they are going to look at the ratio of the Net Operating Income (NOI, or income - expenses) divided by the monthly debt service (your monthly payment).

18 April 2024 | 141 replies
(Starting strenght is much more expensive).Regarding trainers don't be afraid to employ a female.

18 April 2024 | 1 reply
Regarding limitation of taxes upon selling, you'll need to make your expenses high (at least on paper), but if your plan is to purely sell it and cash out, then you're going to end up paying capital gains taxes.

18 April 2024 | 1 reply
The key highlights of this slate of bills includesAdditional Excise Tax on STRCreation of a statewide STR registryStandardize safety requirements across the stateProtect the ability for local government to zone STR in accordance with their needsThis isn't the first attempt at statewide regulation, and its clear the bills as written would be operationally burdensome to put into place for the state (aka, expensive) and the problems they are trying to solve are not, in all, a result of STR in our communities but of bad tax laws already in existence.

18 April 2024 | 2 replies
I would want a fixed interest rate for as long as possible for risk mitigation on refinancing & predictability of debt expenses.

19 April 2024 | 14 replies
I've included an example below to help illustrate this.So different lenders have different rates (which do vary even for DSCR loans) but these are factors they all consider.See example below:DSCR < 1Principal + Interest = $1,700Taxes = $350, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $50Total PITIA = $2200Rent = $2000DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2000/2200 = 0.91Since the DSCR is 0.91, we know the expenses are greater than the income of the property.DSCR >1Principal + Interest = $1,500Taxes = $250, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $25Total PITIA = $1875 Rent = $2300DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2300/1875 = 1.23DSCR lenders generally let you vest either individually or as an LLC.