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15 February 2024 | 2 replies
Investing in passive income and venturing to other business ventures.
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15 February 2024 | 10 replies
Best practice is to have equity that you can sell if this happens or you are positive your W-2 income, good credit and equity position will allow you to refinance fast to another lender in the future if this happens.
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15 February 2024 | 17 replies
Hi Kostyas, I am in a similar situation as you but have avoided the substantial presence test so far.May I ask how your foreign income is treated in the US?
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15 February 2024 | 8 replies
One element you must incorporate into your search is income predictability.
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13 February 2024 | 6 replies
Looking for some others experiences with rent income appraisal for qualifying a DSCR loan....
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13 February 2024 | 3 replies
After that the owner has been deciding what they want with updating light fixtures, replacing super gross toilets, dilapidated cabs/vanities, cadet heaters, replacing ivory outlets/switches/plates with white, replacing blinds, 1/4 turn valves, etc.Project costs per unit range from $8k up to $31k (for nearly complete reno)What would you choose to maximize value?
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15 February 2024 | 6 replies
So basically the application downloads my credit card and rental bank account transactions once a week automatically, then I take 5 minutes to tag each transaction with the matching property and then categorize with the expense/ income type.
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15 February 2024 | 12 replies
I can see that this will do well in similar locations where rents are highest and people are looking for additional income.
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16 February 2024 | 17 replies
The insights we've gained has fueled our passion and desire to make a positive impact in the real estate industry.At present, our focus is on building a portfolio of buy and hold rental properties to generate passive income.
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15 February 2024 | 3 replies
@Matt LeberYou're mixing together two completely unrelated taxes: IRS income taxes and local property taxes.