If you're using a DSCR loan to purchase the home, most lenders use the lower of the lease agreement or 100% of the market rent from the appraisal form 1007 to determine the DSCR.

I just did this with a 4/3 new build out in Cape Coral and a construction to perm loan through the bank.

We've utilized the VA loan for our current home, and this strategy has worked well so far.

Over the years, with personal investment alongside investments from family and friends, I’ve been able to build a small portfolio of apartment buildings with a focus on cash flow through strong operations.

Hi Treza,Not sure where you are in the process there, but when your ready to exercise financing options please reach out, it's very difficult to find a ground up program for inexperienced borrowers without having an experienced GC sign on the loan with you which in turn is not easy to find. 

Hi everyone, new to investing here but I've used the VA loan 3 times now and have had 2 at once so I have a good understanding of how it works.

Intangible assets like goodwill or tangible personal property (e.g., equipment) are excluded from 1031 treatment and are taxed separately—goodwill is typically taxed as a capital gain, while equipment may be subject to depreciation recapture taxed as ordinary income.To minimize taxes on the sale of the business, consider strategies such as Opportunity Zone investments, which defer gains until 2026 if proceeds are reinvested in a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF), or structuring the sale as an installment agreement to spread taxable income over multiple years.

While I don't personally cover the Scranton area, my team and I work extensively with investors in the Philly suburbs, and I’m always up for a great real estate conversation.

If you make the person an LLC employee you can get around it, but partner does need to be careful. 

It also gives you multiple work surfaces so you can have more than one person in the kitchen without getting in each others' way.