$30K in gross annual rents before taxes, insurance, maintenance and vacancy allowance on a $600K asset is probably going to net you less than 2% annual return. 

Please note any unpaid preferred return will be accrued:Senior debtholderRepayment of capital and any accrued returns to meet the 9.0% preferred returnAt sale investors will receive their pro-rata share of 25.0% of the remaining profits

I do have a “safety” stockpile account where I store money for these purposes: taxes, returned security deposits, etc.I have a w-2 job and am having taxes taken out for that.

Hey guys & girls,Does anyone deal with real estate in the Orem-Provo area of Utah?

Based on a easy 10% return on equity you can see how your properties are all losing money.

So my mother recently passed and she invested several hundred thousand in a friends business and he was paying her a yearly return at 10%.

Some of those include tax write-offs and increased return on your investment.

But they will still have to file the gift tax return although they will not owe any tax. 

As a car guy and former owner of several muscle cars I can assure you that you’ll get a better return on investment in real estate than in classic cars .

However, most investors will also want to see some type of guaranteed return before I participate.