I currently have one rental....a townhouse with a small yard. I personally mow the grass and do the yard maintenance twice a month. Takes about 30 min. I use my own car to haul the lawn mower (and yard tools) each ...
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I am trying to analyze deals for cash flow but I'm not quite sure how much I should factor for expenses? I have set up $100 a month for insurance, 5% for vacancies, 15% for repairs/replacements, and 10% for a property...
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I apologize for my ignorance, I am planning to purchase a jetted hot tub for my vacation rental property to maximize rental pontential. Can I deduct the purchase cost (getting a used one), installation cost, electrica...
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So when you are doing a rehab, how do you handle categorization of expenses into capital accounts verses expense accounts? Do you even try to keep track of the difference? Any significant renovation to the house cou...
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hi,Is there any logic whether to buy 2 properties for $90k with rental of $700 each vs buying a single property of $170k with rental of $1200. I generally go with 30 year fixed and 20% down. Generally speaking closing...
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Like a lot of newbies here, I was surprised to find that operating expenses run about 50% of your rent collections. My question is, what do you do with all that money. Obviosuly you are not spending hundreds of dolla...
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Hi BP community!I have a prospective tenant who is currently living in a hotel. His company has agreed to pay for his living expenses. I’m wondering, do I put him as the primary tenant on the lease and have the compa...
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Hi my name is Jordan, I'm 31 from Walkerton, Ontario. I've been investing in real estate for about 6 years now building and selling houses. I've done quite well building a large amount of capital, equity and a great t...
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I will be living in one unit with a friend and renting out the others, there is some rehab that needs to be done in some of the units and after I take possession tonight I plan on opening up a separate credit card as ...
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Hi All, My Wife, @Sarah Stamper is a flipper starting on her second property now. She does all her flips in a single member LLC to keep our taxes nice and simple. I was planning to get her set up with QuickBooks a...