
15 September 2017 | 7 replies
That does not include debt service, but does include taxes, insurance, advertising, lost rent to to vacancy or non-payment, legal expenses, accounting expenses, capital expenses (roofs, furnaces, etc), and property management.

16 September 2017 | 4 replies
First the bad, most banks will not fund the loan nor will most home owner insurance companies approve a policy until restoration and remediation is complete.

18 September 2017 | 6 replies
For example if you owned your previous home, had plenty of equity, worked out a forbearance or deferment arrangement with your current mortgage company, the mortgage on the new loan was less per month than renting in your area (common in Houston) and truly have a plan for exiting the old house, as in you have the means to repair it or the equity to be able to let it go as-is and not be upside down.Or you are well within a floodplain, so you have flood insurance and you'll have a payout, maybe you've flooded before, and and it's just time to move to higher ground.
14 September 2017 | 8 replies
Your model is assuming $3,132 in annual expenses because that is what you have put in, some of those expenses look to be monthly amounts (taxes, insurance, mgmt fees, etc.) and that is way overstating your return.

19 September 2017 | 8 replies
The only way is that if I take it subject to the potential debt and the title company cant issue title insurance with the note being released.

14 September 2017 | 6 replies
But if you can document that you lived in the property for 2 out of the 5 years immediately prior to sale the gain will be tax free.Otherwise, a 1031 exchange into a better cash flow asset would be appropriate.

16 September 2017 | 6 replies
Work it into the budget like you would insurance, etc.

16 September 2017 | 5 replies
Of course there is also insurance and taxes and maintenance (still well lower than the $1500 for stocks) but it is an asset that will appreciate (specifically where I buy) and if there is a crash I still get the rent.I do also invest in stocks using a method called Iron Condor on the S&P500 Index.
15 September 2017 | 2 replies
It is basically an insurance against unpaid rents.

20 May 2021 | 63 replies
Worth noting is that one loan that defaulted has an issue with the title: PoL says that the escrow company recorded the mortgage "later than expected" resulting in 2 senior liens, which they expect title insurance to cover.Compare that with RealtyShares, where I also made 14 investments (a mix of debt and equity).