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30 April 2015 | 5 replies
Real estate investments like this are generally considered a passive activity as opposed to a trade or business (in which case you could deduct these types of expenses).
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5 May 2015 | 118 replies
Investors could loose $50,000 - $200,000 (haven't had anyone come in at over 200k yet), but I could loose my house and more...I think that's fair trade :)
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4 June 2015 | 18 replies
If you can trade down with a car and buy used then do it.
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6 May 2015 | 10 replies
I've been investing in SFRs for the past three years, but I'm trading up to start investing in small apartment complexes.
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12 May 2017 | 38 replies
And yes, I am talking about sellers listing their properties at 3-4% cap prices in markets trading at 10-12% caps.
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4 May 2015 | 6 replies
Our clients generally trade up in value in order to increase the number of units and/or cash flow, so trading way up in value is certainly permissible and usually a good strategic move.
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24 August 2017 | 8 replies
That gets a bit more complicated and is best suited for "trading" real estate (wholesales or flipping).
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25 August 2015 | 66 replies
I'm nowhere near being able to cash in on that yet, but maybe you can find something of use.While you're enjoying your new house, swing by to my property down there that's flooding :(
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23 August 2015 | 22 replies
Especially when you are new to the game, swinging for the fences leads to lots of strike-outs.
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5 May 2015 | 6 replies
What I would do is to see whether I would buy that property today say with a 20-25% down payment (hope Ben doesn't swing by here) and see where the numbers land.