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Hey, so I'm getting back into REI. I never did this right before. Lots of shooting from the hip. I want to do this right, finally.Now I have a small amount of cash in a Roth IRA. Enough for a downpayment on a small mu...
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I need help. I live in Vegas and I have bought a property in the east Memphis area. Purchased at $235,000 in December. Supposed to be about $60k rehab and sell for $345,000. We had to fire our first contractor. His wo...
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Private real estate offers many benefits to individual investors, such as high returns, portfolio diversification and tax efficiency. Institutional investors have long understood the merits of this asset class, and re...
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I have been getting prepared to present a seller financing package but I am unsure concerning taxes and the balloon payment. Will the seller have to pay taxes on the balloon payment? If they sell the property in form ...
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Hi again BP! Thanks for all your advice.
I have done one buy and Rent investment. So far, its working out excellent! And I have plans to do more, but have recently been approached by a similar investor who would like...
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I'm a newbie investor in the Baltimore market, and am fairly hands on rehabs and construction process. I plan to act as the General Contractor, sub-contract some rehab work and take on some myself to keep my rehab co...
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Hey BP I have been thinking a lot about the issue of depreciation on rental properties and what happens when you sell one after a long time without use of a 1031. I guess I have been thinking about a property that is ...
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Long time lover of real estate but relative newbie to investing. It’s tax Season and in doing our 2019 taxes I asked about strategies for reducing taxes. I made just shy of $100k last year and want to start investing ...
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Maybe someone could help, or tell me i’m all wrong. I know taxes are your biggest expense and theyve been crushing us.
My wife and I own two rental properties. One we house hack and the other we airbnb. We’re W2 emp...
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We live in Salt Lake City, Utah and we bought a house a little over a year ago as our primary residence. We will be selling it for a profit that will put our annual income well over $80K for the year but want to make ...