14 September 2017 | 31 replies
I speak from painful and expensive experience.
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30 August 2017 | 5 replies
This rent covered all expenses on the 15 year mortgage, insurance, and HOA fees with small profit that got eaten up on paper by LLC expenses, depreciation, PM and accounting fees, etc.
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29 August 2017 | 3 replies
You cannot be taking that expense.
30 August 2017 | 4 replies
I am very lucky because I have zero debt and no bills other than phone and food since I decided to get rid of my car I have no expenses now.
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1 September 2017 | 3 replies
Analyzing income and expenses will give you an idea of what kind of free cash flows you can expect based on your invested dollars.Globally speaking, ROI's can range all over the place depending on so many factors (purchase price, terms of debt, occupancy, rehab efforts etc.).
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29 August 2017 | 3 replies
You will have higher expenses.
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1 September 2017 | 6 replies
Also, any CPA recommendations and/or tips on keeping track of expenses/documents?
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29 August 2017 | 4 replies
Look in forums for HML - they are expensive and mostly for a year or less.
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30 August 2017 | 4 replies
With a HELOC, you have no extra expense (some HELOC has annual fees, but they are low - like $100 - $200 at most which is negligible) unless you actually pull the cash out.
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30 August 2017 | 1 reply
The market here is relatively expensive, we both have pretty good jobs, but would like to avoid using our entire savings to get this off the ground.