The bank mortgage balance is 150k.

Hi Tax masters,I have a question about the county mortgage tax when purchasing a property.I'm quoting a mortgage from 3 lenders for a small multi-family in Bushwick/Ridgewood area (Brooklyn NY), and one of them estimated the county mortgage tax in their quote when the other 2 didn't.If anyone has some knowledges to share with this, I would appreciate it.

Do we, for example, sell our current SFR and put all/most of the equity into a down payment on the duplex and have a lower monthly mortgage payment?

I just recently bought my first house so cash is kind of tight but I want to add sources of cash flow more than ever now that I have a mortgage.

Lots of variables.

I already have projects that i am eyeing and very much interested in.Anyone interested in investment partnership, mortgage brokers or real estate brokers etc., please do send me a message and when the deal is good, i will be on the next plane.

To me, reducing risk is about eliminating variables -- and IMO you have too many.

I aim to have it show the impact of K1 losses if the syndication offers it, and that tool is helpful because some of the comparisons will show a real estate syndication vs mortgage notes or debt funds that may not offer the same tax advantages/losses.I've included some of the criteria I was putting on the Excel calculation below.

But given our high cost city and sky rocketing interest rates, early and simple analysis of any property has so far resulted in negative cash flow. 

Practically what you will earn from participating in tax sale auctions is an interest rate of return.