Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Getting a second loan on an investment property will be more difficult than the property you live in. 

hello, I am under contract for an apartment building, and I will be using seller financing, and this is my first time doing that.can anyone offer any advice on things to look out for or special provisions to put in the contract or to avoid in a seller finance deal?

The landlord friendly laws are an added bonus.

Security deposits require separate handling - they should be placed in an interest-bearing account.3.

RachaelHey Rachel,you’re correct, if you’ve run your numbers the conclusion to drop the beachfront condo idea in favor of an SFR in unincorporated parts of Pinellas county is the way to go.

Run an Opco/Propco model.If your business utilizes real estate as part of ongoing operations you can get all the tax benefits of active RE by having the building purchase and hold the RE.3.

This note was wrapped around an existing $610,000 note at 4% interest.

You really do not want to add to an IRA that has a SEPP in place.An IRA holding real estate is treated no differently than an IRA holding other investments when it comes to this program - other than you needing to manage your liquidity requirements a bit differently to meet the distribution schedule.

Recasting is when you make a payment on an existing loan and update the payments - for example if I owed $100,000 and my payment was $600/mo and I paid it down by $40,000 recasting is they update the payment based on the new $60,000 balance.If I understand this correctly, you are selling a home which you will make $300,000 on and putting $200,000 down and keeping $100,000 to renovate?