19 March 2014 | 7 replies
So, for a million dollar ARV, purchase plus rehab of $700K would give a profit of, at most, about $150K.Now, for expensive properties like this, rehabbers may be willing to reduce their percentage.
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21 March 2014 | 25 replies
Might want to see if you can get the payments extended, reduced, frozen etc. to free up some cash.Student loans are a devastating blow to people who can keep you in poverty and owing the government for a very long time.
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20 March 2014 | 2 replies
By "lending" them your personally owned tools for maintenance on the IRA-owned property, you could be getting a reduced fee for the work done.
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21 March 2014 | 7 replies
You can ask your agent to release you from the contract, or at least for a reduced commission if your tenant does buy it.Note, whenever selling a rental, consider the tenant as possible first.
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20 March 2014 | 2 replies
Leasing solar panels is really not a good way to go, you get no tax benefits and you still have to pay for all of your electric just at a slightly reduced rate.
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30 March 2014 | 10 replies
Check around, it's a pretty standard model as people move away from ARV, and you'll save quite a bit of money in the process if your lender considers the reduced risk.Lenders love to see folks who are willing to fund their own rehab.
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23 March 2014 | 6 replies
cons$ refi cost$ highly leveraged$ potential reduced cash flow short termPros$ more properties for less cash$ higher cash flow potential long term
22 March 2014 | 0 replies
What Sec 8 is reducing in payments so far we will start loosing them.Might be my County or something that has started over the country.Thanks
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26 March 2014 | 18 replies
Based on the Proposed Treasury Regulations section 1.1402(a)-2(h)(2), there is a strategy that will effectively reduce your self employment tax up to $60,000 - $70,000 with your wife as a limited partner.
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21 August 2014 | 15 replies
The second place seemed to be much better but then while I was walking around looking my wife saw two instances of drug activity in the area.I would really love to purchase out of state if I could reduce the risk as much as possible up front.