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25 June 2024 | 11 replies
Topic No. 701, Sale of your home | Internal Revenue Servicehttps://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc701
23 June 2024 | 3 replies
I know that you need the survey, you need to design what is going in the flooday, You need to design how you are offsetting what are doing to get a zero rise certificate, you need to get the FEMA floodway model and then have someone do the software run and make sure that you have zero rise and mybe tell you that you need to change more, but that seems to be mostly internal design and engineering?
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25 June 2024 | 17 replies
To get the underwriting based on solely a new appraisal, you'll need a ton of evidence - enough to convince an underwriter or risk officer who gets to make the call purely on internal company policy and not tied to conventional or govt published guidelines.All this being said, if you're already at a 1.0x with the current appraisal for the loan amount you want, going to 1.1x or 1.25x would only be marginally beneficial unless your lender wants 1.25x for some reason. 1.0x is generally enough to fund for most investors at or below 70-75% LTV.
26 June 2024 | 34 replies
For example, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published various materials relating to tax regulations on real estate investments.Publications such as Publication 527 (Residential Rental Property) and Publication 946 (How To Depreciate Property) provide detailed information on rental income, expenses, depreciation, and other aspects of real estate investing.
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22 June 2024 | 3 replies
They use TransUnion as their screening service and I've found all the credit, criminal and eviction reports very helpful to review.
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22 June 2024 | 17 replies
(e) While a person may examine and consider a criminal background check, credit history, or rental history in reviewing an application for rental housing, the person shall review and consider additional history in reviewing an application for rental housing, the person shall review and consider additional information provided by the rental applicant, including, but not limited to, personal references, recency and status of any evictions, and any actions taken by the rental applicant to resolve past evictions, credit challenges, or alleged damages, the recency and severity of any convictions, the violent or sexual nature of any prior convictions, the facts or circumstances surrounding criminal conduct, the age of the applicant at the time of the conduct, the age or vulnerability of the victim of the conduct, evidence that the applicant has maintained a good tenant history in the intervening time, and evidence of rehabilitation efforts, consistent with state and federal law, including, but not limited to, fair housing laws.
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25 June 2024 | 35 replies
You'll regret it.A tenant must be a law abiding citizen (no criminal background), willing (credit verification) and able (job income verification only w/ no commission or tip payments included) to pay rent and take care of a home (landlord references) If they pass all these, then whether they are "nice" or not comes into play.
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23 June 2024 | 105 replies
For the State of Oregon recognizing internal liability shield.
23 June 2024 | 25 replies
I don't think we should ban all wholesalers just because some are scammers, criminals, and idiots. market will weed out idiots, and criminals who break the law should be prosecuted by gov.
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20 June 2024 | 4 replies
I've been researching the Colombian coast and believe there may be potential to create a destination similar to Tulum, Mexico that would attract international tourists.