Hi - can somebody please explain why the mortgage expense is removed from the NOI when calculating the Cap rate?  A mortgage pmt is a monthly expense, so if you account for it when you determine your NOI, why is it re...

I am using quicken for real estate to handle all my finances. I am buying my first property, and am trying to categorize all the expenses. So here is how I understand it.
The down payment can not be written off.
All o...

Stockton Deal Analyses – Estimating CostsA while ago I wrote a series of posts ranting about the current state of the residential income property market in Stockton, CA. In each post I highlighted a current listing an...

Does anyone have suggestions on office organization? tracking receipts? payments? etc? How much time do you spend actually managing your properties? I have 9 properties with 20 doors, have been in the trades all of my...

As a beginner private lender I would like to minimize the risk of borrower defaulting on their investment by learning from an experienced rehabber who's skilled at evaluating numbers for property purchase, rehab an...

Hi thereI am brand new here and I am not sure this will be posted, so I am going to make it concise:I have a business that I recently sold for 4 million.I am going to have a large tax bill.I did not sell my LLC, just ...

Hello all,I'm new to the game, and have been listening to the podcast and doing online research to educate myself enough to get started. I'm very concerned with getting analysis paralysis, so I make sure to at least l...

At least once a day these days, I'll get a PM, email or phone call from someone who starts the conversation with something like this:I'm very interested in getting started in real estate investing and am looking for a...

Hello experts on the 1031 topic,I have searched many posts on this forum and have found lots of great info on 1031 exchanges.   I have learned A TON, however I don't believe I found the right answer to my particular ...

My goal is to quickly valuate apartment buildings with current accurate data. (i.e. interest rates, insurance rates, future taxes, future expenses, etc.)I'm trying to determine what the commercial loan interest rate w...