From an appreciation perspective, over the long-term I don't think one will necessarily outperform the other by a significant margin.

Your comment on distribution and contribution makes sense though That term is usually used for when the loan/mortgage is under your personal name and then you transferred the deed to the LLC.But if you meant just commingling funds, that's usually a no-no but you must make it clear in allocating those funds between contribution and distribution so that you have a paper-trail of what happened to that money and this way it won't be labeled as commingling

It's a made up term for BP that people use first as a bragging point and second as some sort of proof of experience and quality.

You want an accountant who can help you strategize and who is responsive when you want to know the tax consequences of the decisions you are making throughout the year.Good luck.absolutely, yes. we feel confident about filing, but absolutely ignorant to long term tax strategy! 

It really isn't worth it, and the long-term result speak for themselves.

He can take a short term bridge up to 75% LTV, payoff the existing loan plus get 22k to fix the foundation up, then sell it at full value.

This would be our first rental and I think it could be a good opportunity long-term, but it feels like there’s some red flags here.

I quickly learned that just because I signed a term sheet doesn't mean it's set in stone.

It is slightly under rented for the area just slowly trying to raise on long term tenants.

I am NOT interested in owning any more real estate (retired here man) so I had planned on just paying my 15% long term Capital Gains tax rate and moving on to my "safe money" retirement program of MYGA's / CD's and High yield Savings account / Bonds / some Stocks.