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4 April 2016 | 11 replies
Makes no sense unless I'm missing something.You have to balance showing income for your bankers versus paying higher taxes to the IRS.
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21 January 2016 | 7 replies
Weather plays a big factor in construction and timelines to finish as well.You have to work backward for time invested versus return.
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20 January 2016 | 13 replies
Even if that is true they are different loans and risk structures and the team servicing each loan has their own agenda to make the deal more beneficial to their side.What the current value of this property is for current AS-IS condition versus all the liens stacked owing against it will make a difference.
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21 January 2016 | 7 replies
@Stacey AdamsIf you don't have any other means of funding a business, then I always tell individuals to weigh the benefits of taking a distribution versus using the money to invest in your own business through the retirement account.
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23 January 2016 | 3 replies
Long-term, I am considering the viability of a buy & hold SFR versus MFR approach to diversify my income as well as providing low correlation to my taxable/retirement account index fund holdings.
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23 January 2016 | 2 replies
Are the commissions the same for a land sale versus a SFR/MF?
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20 January 2016 | 5 replies
It's been brought to my attention that I should be paying myself for self managing my Duplex and that even though my cash flow is higher in the end when not using a PM, it's my time that is more valuable and therefore...
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6 October 2016 | 16 replies
Baltimore has a program called "Vacants to Value" which on the surface does not specify any SFR versus MFR...
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20 January 2016 | 0 replies
I believe it was a skip trace program to find owners of vacant property.I received a call from customer support and the lady said go thru the program again and they will bill me on the legacy program/ $49.99 versus the normal program of $79.99 per month.
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1 February 2016 | 52 replies
As a specialist I am highly sought after versus a generalist who dabbles in a little bit of everything hoping to make something go for a sale.Conservatively I will break 9 figures in total sales this year and have my best year yet.