@Avi Lah Was a seller disclosure completed?

They've got the inside scoop on those secret spots that don't show up on spreadsheets.Now, a little advice from my early days in the real estate game: getting your hands dirty and reaching out to sellers and developers is key.

I heard in a podcast that the inventory of homes is back to pre-pandemic levels in some areas and I have noticed more price cuts in general -  but that's mostly the greedy sellers trying to list their homes for way more than the current market value of the home.

To keep it short, there are homes that are right across from the units that looked a bit odd.

It's funny...One one side...everyone says to solicit for motivated sellers to find off market properties. 

Dont suppose I'll get it...again, i've never done a real estate deal other than purchasing my house over a decade ago. without experience there's just so much i dont know.networking is a sore spot, i'm just not a people person. thats one reason i look at real estate. since i plan to have any properties managed, i wont have to deal with a lot of people. i imagine you'll scold me for this but whatever. i'm never going to be a people person and thats set in stone. it's something i have to work around not overcome.It seems I always get to the same point with real estate where I take the safe and easy route and leave my $ invested in the stock market. the thing that appeals to me about re, and i'm more focusing on rentals, non b&b, is steady income with an appreciating underlying asset. whereas the market is up and down. i can get totally safe 5% from short term bonds, but i know my principle is withering away from inflation (i dont believe the gubt bogus 3% cpi). with a rental house i could get 5% rental income, and the house will appreciate ~5% a year. that's a huge difference. the other thing i'm somewhat interested in is flips, but same story there, i just dont have the knowledge, and all the reading this forum or watching yt's in the world only gets to the surface as it's all airy generalities.

Purchase price: $630,000 Cash invested: $120,000 I've bought this property as a short term investment as well as a property I can stay at when I want to escape Seattle weather What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Make a short list of questions to ask.

Another strategy involves a hard money loan for a short-term down payment (bridge loan), followed by refinancing with conventional financing later.

If lets say I have $50,000 paper losses from my real estate can I use it to deduct short term capital gain?