Johnathan Simeroth
Taxes: Is STR "Material Participation" 100hrs/property? Or total?
Dear tax gurus, CPAs, etc,My understanding is that you can't count rental losses against your W2 income, unless you qualify as a real estate professional (which is very difficult if your W2 is unrelated to real estate...
Michael Ede
SELF STORAGE EVALUATION TOOLS
Hello all, I currently own 2 properties one resident and one 4 unit (1commercial/ 3 residential). Fairly new to real estate and attempting to grow my knowledge and then my portfolio as fast as possible. I am seeking ...
Jeff Klein
Texas Tax Deed Questions
And I am educating myself about buying Tax deeds in Texas.I spent a week or two comparing all the state’s tax liens sales and tax deed sales…and came up with Texas. Anyone here invest in Tax Deeds/Liens? If so, can...
Marqus Freeman
A Landlord's Insight...
From your own experience, what is the MOST EFFECTIVE and CONVENIENT way to collect rent from your tenants? How did you learn this?? GO!!
Bryan Hancock
DTI Ratios For FNMA Loans When Borrower Has Rental Properties
Okay...With all of the threads going around about FNMA properties 5-10 I wanted to clarify how "DTI" is calculated for rental property for both the front-end and back-end ratios for:
1. Rental Property With Mortgage...
Dustin Palls
FHA OwnerOcc 4-plex - Purchase from my LLC???
Hello All,I currently own and rent nine properties, 3 of which are financed (conventional), 6 of which are paid for. I have found a lender that will allow me to do a cash-our refi on the 6 and hold title to all 6, but...
Chris May
How to locate 50% DTI lenders
I've got a problem that I'm sure many other people have faced, but I'm running into dead ends left and right.We owner occupy a duplex in a very high cost area, and are trying to move to North Carolina. We'd like to bu...
Erik Trefzger
Does Seller Financing Count Against Fannie's Limit?
I've browsed through the forums and wasn't able to find anything on this, but I'm sure other people have this same question. I own 6 properties all financed with conventional 30 year mortgages. I'm considering ad...
Mark Koontz
More Bedrooms vs Better Living Space
Good evening, I am currently flipping a ~550 square foot house in a low income area. Population is ~50,000. Median household income ~$41,000. The house is a total gut with an entire new floorplan. I decided to go with...
Matthew Conner
Legality of renting 1 br apartment to single mom with 2 kids - PA
Hi,I'm in a new situation to me. I have a 1 bedroom apartment in Pennsylvania I'm renting out and a potential applicant that is a single mom with 2 kids under 2. Qualifications aside, is it legal to rent to her? I kno...