
24 July 2024 | 1 reply
There is also one big issue with your tax projection - the taxes of $280 are based on the vacant land taxes and will likely go up to ~$2000-$3000 in a year or so when the assessor catches up with you.I realize there is a 1031 involved so a real estate purchase is necessary, but you should compare your ROI to a safe yielding instrument like a 10 year T-note or AAA corporate bond yield.

27 July 2024 | 108 replies
One of the tradeoffs in the tax code with regards to RE is that it's meant to discourage disposing of assets; that's why the 1031 is in there, depreciation recapture, LTCG, etc.

23 July 2024 | 3 replies
Quote from @Henry T.: What?

23 July 2024 | 10 replies
The ChatGPT topics meant to start a discussion are most annoying to me.

23 July 2024 | 6 replies
What's the cost (in $ and headaches and lost rent) if you don;t fix it and it fails when you have tenants?

26 July 2024 | 75 replies
My local bank was going to loan me 80% LTV at 5% for 5 years with a 20 year amortization, but yesterday they called and said they could only do 80% of the original purchase amount which meant I would not even be able to pay back the hard money.

22 July 2024 | 37 replies
There are similar ones for San Fran that are even worse: ;t=

23 July 2024 | 5 replies
Pretty sure you will be ok either way so I would t lose too much sleep over it.

25 July 2024 | 62 replies
No, just meant they're using the Govt policies to profit.
26 July 2024 | 49 replies
This meant many people didn't buy deals in the run up to one of the fastest surges in pricing in a generation, if not ever.Regardless, the point is: there are some warning flags.