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I am new to this and have heard of the 1031 being used to avoid paying taxes!Can you put profits from a flip, (which is usually considered capital gains), into a 1031 to avoid taxes?Essentially this question doesn’t m...
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I'm 22 years old and im about to sell my first fixer upper. I'm looking for some advice on how to reinvest this money or what to invest in, I will profit a little over six figures from this property.
Hi everyone, My goal in Real Estate is to have my own company, where we handle sales/leasing, investments, developments, and property management. In order to start a brokerage, at least in the few states that I've...
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Can anyone direct me to any good (sourced) charts/graphs that show why buy&hold real estate is a much better investment in the long term than the stock market? Pulling together a presentation and wanted to show a...
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I was looking through some local mls data and D.C. proper is down 25% from the peak’s in June (725k vs 545k), Montgomery county is down 17% (620k vs 515k) not a shock to me, but still crazy to actually see in the data.
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I hear a lot about people saying you need a mentor if you want to succeed. What are some ways or places I could go to start finding a mentor?
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I closed on a little single family house for 46k on 4/30. The bones were great and with new vinyl floors, HVAC work, and paint I'm in it for about $55k total with 40k financed. I finished today and am ready to list it...
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We signed a contract to purchase a propery from a turnkey company. After the inspection was done it took them a month just to find contractors to do the repairs. They are saying that the office is located 2 hours from...
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How many people qualify as a Real Estate Professional for tax purposes? Are you more of a buy & hold investor or a house flipper? Somewhere in between or something else all together?
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Hi all,For a couple of years I've been daydreaming of starting as a fix and flipper or holding rental properties with the end goal of replacing my day to day income. I've been in IT for the last 20 years and am read...