1 May 2019 | 19 replies
I'm not a socialist, but health care is a special case where it would make sense for the feds to "regulate commerce" for the benefit of the people.And back to real estate...I hope your RE investments cover you in the event of a catastrophic health event.
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29 July 2019 | 39 replies
You've traded a TON of time and energy and risk for a higher potential reward.With turnkey, the primary benefit is that you don't need to do any of that.
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25 April 2019 | 17 replies
(Effective September 30, 2018.)(1) A landlord may not, based on the source of income of an otherwise eligible prospective tenant or current tenant:(a) Refuse to lease or rent any real property to a prospective tenant or current tenant, unless the: (i) Prospective tenant's or current tenant's source of income is conditioned on the real property passing inspection; (ii) written estimate of the cost of improvements necessary to pass inspection is more than one thousand five hundred dollars; and (iii) landlord has not received moneys from the landlord mitigation program account to make the improvements;(b) Expel a prospective tenant or current tenant from any real property;(c) Make any distinction, discrimination, or restriction against a prospective tenant or current tenant in the price, terms, conditions, fees, or privileges relating to the rental, lease, or occupancy of real property or in the furnishing of any facilities or services in connection with the rental, lease, or occupancy of real property;(d) Attempt to discourage the rental or lease of any real property to a prospective tenant or current tenant;(e) Assist, induce, incite, or coerce another person to commit an act or engage in a practice that violates this section;(f) Coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of the person having exercised or enjoyed or having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected under this section;(g) Represent to a person that a dwelling unit is not available for inspection or rental when the dwelling unit in fact is available for inspection or rental; or(h) Otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling unit to a prospective tenant or current tenant that, but for his or her source of income, would be eligible to rent real property.(2) A landlord may not publish, circulate, issue, or display, or cause to be published, circulated, issued, or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement, or sign of any kind relating to the rental or lease of real property that indicates a preference, limitation, or requirement based on any source of income.(3) If a landlord requires that a prospective tenant or current tenant have a certain threshold level of income, any source of income in the form of a rent voucher or subsidy must be subtracted from the total of the monthly rent prior to calculating if the income criteria have been met.(4) A person in violation of this section shall be held liable in a civil action up to four and one-half times the monthly rent of the real property at issue, as well as court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.(5) As used in this section, "source of income" includes benefits or subsidy programs including housing assistance, public assistance, emergency rental assistance, veterans benefits, social security, supplemental security income or other retirement programs, and other programs administered by any federal, state, local, or nonprofit entity.
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24 April 2019 | 11 replies
There were a lot of plans involved and town meetings.Since the deal didn't work out for me, do any of you see a benefit in me pitching the idea to another investor?
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23 April 2019 | 0 replies
All of this may negate the tax free benefit of rolling the profit from one property to another?
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27 April 2019 | 3 replies
What are some benefits of wholesaling versus regular real estate investing?
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26 April 2019 | 2 replies
It was not meant as an investment until after I moved out and realized all the benefits of real estate from renting.
29 April 2019 | 8 replies
From my direct and indirect experiences, I have not had the want or need to wait any longer than legally possible.
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26 April 2019 | 0 replies
Many of them said that said that perhaps the most fulfilling benefit of being successful was having the ability/resources to give back.So I want to ask you all, successful and soon to be success men and women, how have you or how will you give back?
29 April 2019 | 7 replies
I was curious if there was a benefit (tax wise) to selling it as a corporate asset or a personally owned asset.