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Hello, my wife and I are beginner RE investor, we just bought our first duplex in Sacramento this year (with existing tenants). We are planning to buy another duplex this year, and maybe more properties in the years t...
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I will be rehabbing my investment property (property manager will oversee) and am wondering if contractors expect some upfront payment (e.g carpet layer to buy carpet, cabinet maker for kitchens). I currently have a s...
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New Investor here, in contract on my first rental property.
If I do not have any revenue related to the property in this fiscal year, can I still take all the legal deductions? Do I have to wait until I can show rev...
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I am not sure if this is the right forum, but I am wanting to start a flower farm this spring and was wondering how to go about it? Do I become an LLC first and then save my receipts for tax purposes or what? And, d...
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I recently moved to CA, where I registered my first LLC, last December. I just found out recently that I have to pay LLC tax of $800.00. I have not even used it for anything. What Should I do?. I have not made any mon...
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I currently have 19 doors, a nine unit, six unit, and a four unit. I have a business insurance policy through Nationwide. Each building ,I have about 1,000,000+ in coverage ,which seems kind of excessive. But the...
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The most fundamental metric in the commercial real estate space is, without a doubt, the capitalization rate or cap rate. It is calculated by dividing a property’s net operating income (NOI) by the purchase price (NOI...
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Hi everyone,Thought came to mind and was wondering if this is ever done, and if so what is the good and the bad. Let's say I have a commercial property with a couple of small retail locations (300 sqft) where rents ar...
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Hello,
Please help me with these questions. I would appreciate inputs from New jersey investors, CPAs and so forth. I have not done any deals. I want to start very soon, but I don't want my name to appear ...
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I’m going to start a LLC. I’ve yet to get my first deal. But I need the Corp to get a loan. Should I get a s or c Corp. I plan on flipping houses and using hard money loans. I was going to wait for my first deal but ...