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I am a little confused about calculating return on investment. Is debt paydown counted towards return on investment? For example, lets say I buy a house for $10,000 down and make $1,000 after expenses and mortgage pay...
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when i have watched videos about the 50% rule. why does he always include taxes into the expenses part, then he subtracts the mortgage from the other half which includes the taxes again. Or is he calculating the mort...
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I was renovating an investment property in the Boston-Edison area of Detroit that unfortunately caught on fire. Sad. It was now without a roof and with lots water damage from the fire department's great efforts to pu...
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Is a mortgage covered through your property taxes?
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When buying a fourplex that has one water heater and one meter for electricity. What's the best approach, should we put in separate meters? How to address one water heater? Thanks in advance for feedback.
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View reportGood Deal? please help me analyze. any feedback is helpful!
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I am putting in a offer on my first potential investment property on Monday. I will be hopefully owner occupying a tri-plex in CT. Is it a good idea to submit a personal letter/picture with the offer? If so, what kind...
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if I have properties that are paid off and in a trust are those counted against dti (debt to income)?Trying to buy more rental properties and banks says that my dti income is too high.
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Gross Rental Yield: annual rental income divided by my property’s value/price (multiplied by 100 to get the percentage). Where Property's value/price is comprised of the purchase price, all closing costs, and any ren...
Can some investors on here please share real life returns they are seeing on NW Indiana rentals. Not looking for the one you hit it out of the park on but a few typical deals. Please include......1) # units2) Purchase...