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Hope this finds everyone doing well. I will be moving to the North San Diego County, CA next summer and am wondering what buy and hold strategies are working there? Is it mainly single family homes, multifamily, condo...
I did a loan assumption that is currently a GIANT pain in the ass. I’m here to share my story for whatever that’s worth.
Over a year ago I did a wrap around mortgage on a place here in Phoenix at 3.5% over 27 years. ...
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what's better whole life insurance , IRA, 401k? for contributing to long term ?
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We're just starting to look at out-of-state investment options, turnkey providers being one choice, and I am wondering if anyone has had any recent experience they'd like to share about Zach Lemaster and his company, ...
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As the topic states, sometimes when I speak with individuals new to real estate they will often site Trulia and or zillow to pull comps.
Thats not for a general estimate mind you, but for actual comps for the subject...
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There is always much debate on if an LLC is needed. I have one. Only because someone told me to hold my properties in it for protection. I paid a lawyer to draft it and I signed it, and filed it away. I read most o...
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Disclaimer - I type out the notes as I go, on my iPad. Grammar mistakes highly likely.Real Estate LoopholesWritten by Kennedy and SuttonPart One: Being Smart You need to learn to OPEN tax loopholes for yourself and CL...
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We are new to property investing and naively jumped right in with three multifamily properties. We’ve had them since April ‘21 & we are carrying the mortgage on all three as they do not pay for themselves. We’ve h...