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Economic Update
(Monday, June 15, 2020)
It’s official: The longest expansion in U.S. history ended in February as the economy fell into a deep recession, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (“NBER”...
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Just curious if anyone has had something similar happen.
Years ago, I purchased a foreclosure from a bank. It was a weird closing that took place at this creepy lawyer's office. When I got there, he wanted me to clos...
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Guest contacts me at 8 pm on check in day saying son is sick and taken to urgent care and they could not travel. They say they will try to check in on day 2 if son feels better. (they are 7 hours drive away). Day 2 th...
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Do any investors in the Austin area invest primarily out of state? Finding deals in Austin seems to be extremely difficult and even though I know of people that have success in DFW and SA I'm still interesting in disc...
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Back Story So my wife and I are upcoming investors. :) We will be finishing the rehab on our first flip in the coming weeks and closing on the next deal in the next couple weeks as well. Additionally we built a hom...
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Hello, Currently my partners and I have SFHs, duplexes and fourplexes. We have be researching going to more to maybe 8-16 units properties (the largest in our area for the most part) OR investing in other peoples deal...
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Hey all! After listening to the last episode about bonus depreciation, it left me thinking about my home I recently converted form primary to rental. In the episode it was said that bonus depreciation had to be taken ...
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Hey BP,I am a landlord looking to expand in rental properties. I've done it the traditional way of using my credentials; credit, job/salary, personal info. to getting a FHA loan. Although, initially the property was f...
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Hi Everyone,As a CPA who specializes in real estate I have been doing some reading on the new Opportunity Zones (OZ) passed effective 1/1/18 with the new tax law. While guidance is still a bit unclear and more researc...
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Hi, I’m a new agent and one of the brokers I’m interviewed with mentioned the opportunity to fill out BPO reports in order to generate a little bit of income while sales are slow. What exactly does does a BPO entail...