I doubt a website designer will get you want you need... unless they flip houses, negotiate deals with sellers, and know how a motivated seller thinks and they are actual experts on conversion.A pretty website does NOT equal higher conversions!

ThanksThe classification of the income (business income vs capital gain) depends on your intent with respect to the specific property and how the IRS classifies you and your business, not how long you hold the property.Regardless, short term capital gains are taxed at your marginal tax rate, so all other things being equal (though they may not be) you'll pay the same amount of taxes regardless of whether the income is considered a capital gain or business income.Of course, if the income is classified as a capital gain, the amount of time you've held will then come into play, as long-term capital gains are taxed at a fixed rate, not a marginal rate.

A federal judge has ruled it unconstitutional but I'm equally sure that it is going to the supreme court.

a quick tidbit....i was looking at a duplex the other day listed at 30k and didn't need more than 5k in repairs...i wondered how the heck the previous landlord couldn't win with rents of 400 per side....then i remembered that he paid 95,000 a few years back...maybe that duplex you're looking at didn't work at 55k, but it can work for you at 20....maybe the owner was out of state, or didn't know what they were doing....there's tons of maybe's...best to look into it as best you can, see what comps rent for, and if they're vacant or occupied...i try to stay away from a rental if there's a ton of for rent signs around the area bc that equals a lot of vacancies

I've noticed that many of the properties that list brief financials on loopnet have terrible overhead/operating expense ratios.For example a huge 200-300 unit complex may have top line gross revenue of $2.7 mill but NOI of only $600k.Or a 50 unit complex with $350k top line gross revenue and only $60k NOI.Many variables go into this, I realize, and to truly find out you must do your due diligence on each specific property to see where the expenses are coming from.My question is this - given that utilities included/not included is held equal for each property, do most variances in expenses on apartments arise from either poor management and deffered maintenance/old buildings.This seems to be the two main variables.

If they are on your phone, you will have no problem seperating the real buyers from the time wasters.I am also starting an email campaign though literally yesterday, so it will be a while before I can share experiences with email marketing.But my guess is that it takes dozens of people putting their email address into a squeeze page to equal one phone conversation with a serious buyer.

Not all LLCs are created equal though.

Ben- All areas are NOT created equal.

I do hold the belief that you can not fully understand what investors do, unless you live this life.

But, all else equal, given the same property type, loan type, lender, etc.