Hi,  I'm a newbie to the industry, hoping to buy my first rental property this year.  I'm considering using money from my 401k as a downpayment on an FHA loan.  I want to househack a multi-family and live in it for a ...

Hubby and I purchased one duplex 6 yrs ago. After mortgage payments/insurance/taxes/expenses. We are at 0 profit at best, some years have been at a loss which helped cut our personal taxes.

Want to purchase 2nd pro...

I'm new here and analyzing the economics of buy and hold real estate here in the bay area.  In most of my calculations, the best return I can achieve is about 6-9% annualized return for a 10-30 year period which is qu...

Hey guys, looking to do my first deal and may need to partner with some friends (4 of us) to do it. I was thinking putting the property in an LLC would be the best bet to protect everyone's assets. One thing puzzles m...

I've been lurking, and listening to the podcast, for a while now and finally feel like I have something to post about. We are looking to buy-and-hold for passive income, more so than flip for quick returns.

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Can someone please tell me in laymans terms what the cap rate is?  I've read definitions over and over, but I still don't get it.  Sorry feel like the dunce cap is on.

I'm building a house intended to be sold for profit. The house is still under construction at the end of the year. If I'm $250k worth of expenses into the project, do I write those expenses in this tax year? Or do I m...

I previously posted a different deal. This is a lower priced one. Below is a snapshot.

[b]Ratio Information
Loan to Value 80%
Cashflow / Initial Investment 8%
Cashflow / Assets 2%
CAP Rate 6%

TOTAL OPE...

I have an LLC in Indiana for my investment properties. It was set up in the last quarter of 2015. The physical address is in Indiana, but the mailing address is in my local area. Can someone with experience and/or kno...

Years ago, I was at a CPA conference, and the lecturer finished 30 minutes early. Unheard of, I know, but it did happen. He asked us what we wanted to learn in the remaining 30 minutes. And 300 CPAs in the room almost...