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Shannon Richardson Rental Deposit Deduction Disagreement
22 September 2020 | 6 replies
e-mailed it to them and said it should make things more clear as to why they were not entitled to any of the SD back, but they could contact me if they still had questions. 
Bryan Noth Amazon carts in 1,700 new jobs across Austin
14 September 2020 | 0 replies
"Amazon is adding more than 1,700 full- and part-time jobs in the Austin area, the e-commerce behemoth announced September 14.""
Account Closed Rentals. Do they matter anymore?
21 September 2020 | 7 replies
Why rent when t(e government will make it almost impossible for you to evict?
Brad E. How do I value this mobile home
16 September 2020 | 7 replies
@Brad E. that is really strange $700k is a ton for a mobile home even if it is on acres and acres of land, without knowing the details it is tough to say, you can always decline to offer due to lack of comps, but it is just a weird situation all the way around.
Brandon S. Lender who allows LLC on Deed for Orlando STR
17 September 2020 | 16 replies
From my understanding the LLC won't provide the protection that most believe it will and since you can use the QBI tax rule on a schedule E, there may not be a benefit tax-wise either, so double check that. 
Jared Ebert Do Property Management Fees Lower Your Appraised Value?
16 September 2020 | 1 reply
Usually they do since an appraiser will usually want to see I&E, but he's not going to parse it to the $0.01.I think if you make more NOI self-managed, he'll assume that is OK.Goal is to generate a CapRate (which I detest as a metric) for comparison sake,
Chris Masons Borrowing against E-trade Brokerage acct. and buying cash
13 October 2020 | 11 replies
E-trade for my example.
Khang Le Help with the 50% / 2% rule..
13 August 2012 | 9 replies
(I cheated and used my Deal or No Deal Real Estate Calculator and e-mailed myself the results but this should explain it by numbers:)Purchase Price:$100,000.00Estimated Repair Costs: $5,000.00Total Investment: $105,000.00Mortgage Amount: $75,000.00Cash Required: $30,000.00(Out of Pocket Money Required)Estimated Gross Operating Income: $1,200.00(Estimated Rent per month) Monthly Expenses: Vacancy Expense (%): 5.00%Management Expense (%): 10.00%Repairs & Upkeep (%): 10.00%Adjusted Rent per month: $900.00Property Taxes (Year): 1,100.00Insurance (Year): 900.00Additional Expenses: 0.00Cash flow before Debt Service (Month): $733.33Debt Service (Mortgage) Loan Term (Years): 20.00Interest Rate: 4.000%Mortgage Payment (Month): $454.49Monthly Cash Flow: $278.85Yearly Cash Flow: $3,346.18Annual Return on Investment: 11.15%Now, the 50% rule of thumb is a conservative approach to evaluate whether or not a buy and hold deal will cash flow.
Rich Cavanagh Natural disasters and your PM
15 August 2012 | 6 replies
What about the aftermath for w/e disaster it may be?
Peter Lee Bank says no counter on Short Sale?
27 August 2012 | 27 replies
I would e-mail the listing agent, personally, as her contact info is probably on her website, just let her know that 90K is too much with those comps, but you are willing to work with her if she has a net figure from the bank to see if a deal can be made or not.