But considering all the expenses (PM, leasing fees, cap reserve, maintenance, taxes, etc), it has been showing as negative cash flow. 

They will look to work with small operating companies to get sba loans, but they will want to see two years of income : tax returnsSo if the company is a general contractor then its income / expenses could get it some sba loan but if you are fixing and flipping and are looking to get a mortgage they will look at you not the LLC

., income - expenses).Individual foreign investors pay income tax at graduated rates up to almost 40%.

This interest can compound over time, reducing the net cash value available for investment.Restricted Investments: The growth rate of the cash value in a whole life policy is often lower than the average return on real estate investments.

What I'm wondering is can we have these 3 properties qualify as a business, with all the write offs that come along with owning a rental business.Your rentals are a "business" (even if you owned just 1) in that sense because its an active thing with expenses you can write off.

Properteis that have had these systems updated tend to be much more expensive. 

It was pointed out by other contributors that often the major expenses on a rehab are kitchens and bathrooms.

With everything getting more expensive, the cost to put together a fundraise will be $10-$20k and if you do not have friends and family you will spend another $10-$20k to market it.

.: $2,757-If you were to assume the loan and I carried the second note at the above terms your monthly PITI would be: $2,027Saving: $8,760 per year.Scenario 2:-If you were to bring the same $115,000 as a down payment on a conventional loan you would pay: $1,992-If you were to assume the loan and bring cash for equity position your monthly PITI would be: $1,300Saving: $8,304 (with no need to refi in the future)Since this is a hypothetical situation I'm going to give my number based on nat. average homeownership of 13.2 years.

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