Ultimately, should the business not succeed or perform as well as you intended, owning a property in a strong location will be attractive to other users that you could choose to sell or lease to yourself.

This duplex had 2 non paying tenants when our client bought it.

I now serve investor clients at my brokerage and property management company here in Clarksville.

Look for areas with strong growth potential, considering factors like job growth, population increase, and infrastructure development.

We helped friends/clients purchase a business that changed their lives and we started doing a podcast talking about aspects of business that are missed, mostly the small items so new entrepreneurs get exposed to those parts, but we have been so busy with our own businesses that we had to put it on the back burner for now, after about 8 months. 

But I now advise clients to report rental arbitrage on Schedule E.   

Hello @Amy Healy,This is a question I get asked fairly often by our clients.

Clients love to hire me because I can do the entire job from start to finish, no matter the project.

Just out of curiosity - has anyone heard of lenders declining new borrowers for assumable loans, even with strong qualifications?

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