I've been servicing a few flippers in buying properties and have come to the conclusion that I can provide a valuable service and earn by contracting rent-to-own buyers to utilize myself for their transactions.

Looking to see if anyone has had any experience or can give any advice when it comes to utilizing crowd funding, equity sharing platforms?

Utilizing that payment plan I should be debt free personally this year.

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I can’t exactly comment on the utilities since every city charges different rates for water/sewer taps, & contractor pricing varies, also depends how far they have to run utilities but from my research steel building materials cost $15/sqft.

Recently found a duplex I really like and was hoping to get some feedback to keep me in the right directionHouse Price: $125kAnnual Taxes: $2700Total Rent: $1455Tenants pay all utilities except water ($1200 a year).Place is in immaculate shape - unlikely repairs are needed any time soon.Does this seem like a decent buy?

Best way is to call the utility company and get the exact price or as close to it as possible.

- it's always good to see another Hoosier utilizing this great site!

I have become quite interested in purchasing units in the Allentown area but was curious, what is the trend for utilities, trash, water/sewer, etc?

you guys make great points on getting the sfh at a nice rate by utilizing an owner occupied loan, but a 1031 cannot be used unless property classified as investment prop meaning higher interest rate and higher down payment 20%~.