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Daniel Pereyda Is Mortgage Insurance necessary?
24 March 2018 | 1 reply
Do I need to purchase mortgage insurance for this property?
Wen Chen Questions about tax write off's for rental property
25 March 2018 | 4 replies
I just bought my 1st rental property last year and need some help with what costs to file for tax return.Turbo Tax asking to escrow fees for following categories:Abstract and recording feesLegal fees, title search, document preparationland surveytitle insurance transfer or stamp taxesexpenses you paid for the sellerThese are the expenses on the closing summary:Record deedrecord mortgage mortgage taxbank attorney feeHOA questionnaireflood certification feetitle examtitle insurance (mortgage)title insurance (owner)delivery chargelegal feesapplication feeappraisal feecredit report feewhich categories will the fees on the closing summary fall into?
Laura Dipper Financial Advisor real estate minded
26 March 2018 | 5 replies
As a rule those guys get paid to sell stocks and insurance
Richard Jump Self Directed IRA Investing Scenarios
3 April 2018 | 8 replies
You can invest in anything that isn't life insurance or collectibles.
Jon A. Renting to an LLC as a halfway house
11 July 2019 | 5 replies
They do all the yard work and clean as part of their daily chores, etc. but the program charges a substantial amount of money that is paid by insurance companies, so they cram a lot of beds in each room because they are making money with more clients.
David Gerber Seeking advice from apartment investors based in Houston
31 March 2018 | 10 replies
Who they are using for tax accounting, property management, general contractor if any, mortgage broker, due diligence company, cost seg, insurance company, and etc.Review the additional fees\costs, if any, and determine if they are out of the norm depending on the experience of the sponsorship team, investment strategy, and asset. 
James Warner How to pay a private investor?
25 March 2018 | 3 replies
If would be easiest for this transaction if I personally closed on the property, cut the $30k check and signed for the $500/mo (or whatever) mortgage, then informed him that he owed me $15k and $250/mo for the next 30 years.Then as rent checks come in (let's say 6 units at $800 apiece, so $4800/mo made out to the LLC), the LLC would pay the mortgage (-$500), the property manager (-$480 at 10%), set aside funds for maintenance/capex (another 15% of gross, -$720 in this example), any applicable utilities, taxes, insurance, etc (say another $500), that leaves us at 2600/mo. profit.
Account Closed Where to invest extra 50K
29 March 2018 | 36 replies
Account Closed have you considered cash value insurance?
Griffin Myers How do you determine how much you can spend on a new property?
25 March 2018 | 3 replies
If the only way you can afford a property is when you have rental income, you can't afford it.Without looking at a specific property, they can only tell you how much you can afford without the rental income.The biggest factor is your monthly payment vs your gross income.Lenders look at two ratios: living expenses and then total debts.First ratio - Total living expenses (mortgage, property taxes, home insurance) vs monthly gross income.
Keith Jourdan Tenant from hell eviction case. Now I have officially seen it all
10 April 2018 | 39 replies
At the hearing I had my closing package that included a copy of the recorded deed and proof of title insurance.