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28 May 2024 | 8 replies
Hi everyone, Quick background, I'm a real estate investor with a high paying W2 job and credit score around 780.
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28 May 2024 | 2 replies
If it is cheaper to own, you may want to buy and even if you sell in 2 years (assuming the development is finished on time), you may still come out ahead in terms of selling the property vs paying someone else's mortgage.
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27 May 2024 | 7 replies
Certainly paying them a wage or fee reduces your rental income... but then they have to recognize that income (perhaps at a lower tax rate?).
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28 May 2024 | 2 replies
Con I would say is that you have to do the work or pay someone lol Its a great way to learn about how to rehab properties without having to stress about any timelines.
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28 May 2024 | 5 replies
Even if I did that, the first year itself would end up only paying for the furnishings.This might be a broad question, but here it is - with a $1,450 mortgage, insurance, taxes payment, could / would a nice 3/2 about 40 minutes north of Nashville downtown net enough to be worth it (again, my "worth it" would be netting $1,500 a month on average after mortgage, insurance, listing fees, management fees, cleaning services, etc.)?
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28 May 2024 | 0 replies
This particular investor used to be my middle school English teacher, and wanted to do a deal that would pay him every month so that he knew he and his family would be taken care of even if something were to happen to him.
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28 May 2024 | 2 replies
There will certainly be buyers interested in having an ADU but I'm not sure they will be able to pay for the cost the original owner incurred to get the ADU.
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25 May 2024 | 1 reply
All the best,Diego most of the good ones won't touch less than 100 units and even that is for new construction. hate to be the bearer of bad news. we are looking at ground up condo deals with entitlements and I reached out to a few HOAs based on larger towers and the best will cost more than it'll be worth.
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28 May 2024 | 13 replies
For the same features, you'll pay around 40% less with Xero.In terms of features, Xero is just as good as QBO, if not better.
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28 May 2024 | 2 replies
Second, it emphasized the importance of asking the correct questions and paying attention to subtle indications during property visits.