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A few questions...........To what extend does depreciation really affect a person's taxes/capital gains on a property when it is sold?Does it benefit or harm a person to claim LITTLE TO NO depreciation each year on a ...
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Hey BP Houston!
My husband and I are moving to the Houston area while he is on active duty in the USMC. We will be there approximately 36 months and will arrive in the early summer. He is currently deployed and we ar...
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I am looking to purchase a duplex as our first rental property. One of the units is currently rented by an 80 year old woman that has lived there almost 40 years. She's currently paying less than half the market rate...
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Hello all!I'm on the cusp of making a move on my first rental property - I've been learning and researching for months, I now have enough knowledge and money to jump in and start doing, and I'm extremely excited!I wou...
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Hey I’m starting to do cold calling for pre foreclosures in my local area. Anybody have any scripts they recommend or how I should start out in the conversations?
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Hey everyone - just wondering if those who have rentals want to chime in with their #1 best piece of landlording advice?
It would be awesome to have a massive thread full of tips to share with new landlords when the...
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Hi,A friend is seriously considering building a detached 600 square foot ADU in their backyard in Southern California (specifically the Westlake/Moorpark area in Ventura county). It will have separate metering (electr...
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Looking to pickup my second purchase for rentals. Came across a really good value of a property for under $200k. When I passed it by our loan broker, he indicated that the underwriters have an issue with the propert...
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Can people give me some unbiased opinions on a list of markets and what they’re seeing in those areas? Using a scoring system can people rate these markets on a scale of 1-10 for population growth, job growth, and vac...
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As I consider adding another property to my investment portfolio, I'm wondering - What do you consider "good" cashflow for a property? Personally, I'm considering the purchase of a unit in an area I'm very familiar wi...