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This is a hypothetical situation. Billy has a day job earning $100,000 per year in California. He wants to build a real estate empire in his local market as the king of residential real estate (1-4 units). What value ...
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Hi,My rental property's roof is 20+ years old. Last year, a heavy rain and storm damaged it and I had to replace the entire roof which costed me $21K. I understand that a roof repairs can be deducted as expense in t...
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Engineered cost segregation studies is an area in which many people have a lot of questions about. I thought it might be helpful to address some of the most frequently asked questions that I receive.
WHAT IS A COST ...
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How would you improve curb appeal? Thinking cut trees down, paint eaves, trim and window frames white. What do you say?
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Good morning! My husband and I bought a fixer upper duplex in 8/14 with a 5% down FHA 5/1ARM at 3.75% (we are living in one unit). We did a massive reno on it and should now have the 20% equity needed to refinance a...
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PREVIOUS AIR BNB PROPERTY <--------- link to previous Air BnB we flippedSome say that numbers are down for Air BNB and I'm here to tell you it is all in how you look at ( and structure it ). This, our third renta...
I'm considering buying a multi-family property (10 units) in a bad part of Miami (very low income, high crime). My realtor spoke to the rep for the seller and mentioned that some of the units are occupied by squatter...
How do I get a hostile redemptioner who refuses to work with me to pay for clearly justifiable preservation improvements done up to the point of redemption?
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Hello,
In a high-priced market (i.e. San Diego) with $100K to invest, which investment strategy (fix/flip, hack, buy an hold) and what property type would be best for a first-time property investment. Obviously "it ...
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Okay,Admittedly, I don't hang out in every corner of the BP-verse, but from what I can tell, there's a very under-discussed topic, that we need to be talking more about.Maximizing cash flow on currently owned properti...