Hi All - I have substantial equity tied up in two investment properties (a 5 family commercial property and a 3 family residential property) which I would like to access through Line of Credit products.

Hello all, so I received a call today regarding an off market property, owner is requesting 55K...an issue I am having is no access to MLS, so I researched how to get comps without MLS access...according to Zillow and Realtors.com property is currently valued at a little over 60K.

Does anyone have a guide for self employed people or small businesses that explains the ins and outs to taxes so you can reduce tax liability, but also get access to loans from banks?

I am looking to establish a track record with a short sale lender, so if and when credit gets tight, I can have access to funding for short sales.

Btw I have access to my HELOC but rather try to get a mortgage if possible as I would need the cash for the rehab on the two deals I'm working on.

For some reason, I cannot access the county tax assessors website.

My guess is Oakland will add more restrictions, so you should prepare yourself as best you can if you want to maintain your building's value in the shorter term. 

Are you saying no internet access or just no wifi?

In your opinion would it be a better strategy to invest passively in a market like Brooklyn which is appreciating very rapidly average returns of 10-20% cash on cash.Or to invest in low income neighborhoods in Philadelphia and buy 2 family houses making around 20%-30% but not much future growth.I like the idea of building my own portfolio but I have limited access to capital and I don’t want to have a lot of partners to worry about.Any insight would be greatly appreciated.Heshie

You’ll spend hundreds to gain access to thousands, not worth it.