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What are the comparative benefits and challenges of using a 1031 Exchange vs. investing in an Opportunity Zone? Share your experiences and insights.
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There are so many threads I read where the OP asks a question or presents a scenario and gets lots of great feedback but there is never a follow up from the OP as to how the situation worked out.
I think it would be s...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $255,000
Was originally our primary residence, then life happened and the Navy moved us around the country for a while....
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Should I cash out refi $177000 and buy rentals or cash out refi and hold cash until a crash. Or just finish paying off 67,000 and have it paid free and clear?
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Should I wait for lower material prices or build multiplex now?
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The company is currently at around 50 units; looking to double that in the next year, and probably more after that. Deal mostly with lower-income, and lower-tech tenants (i.e. many tenants do not have a bank account)....
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My name is Pam and I have owed, developed, rehabbed, managed, bought and sold historical mansions and other historically significant buildings, apartment buildings, commercial buildings including storefronts and offic...
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I've been reading a few stories about how Bay Area tech companies may let employees work from home indefinitely even after the pandemic is over, and that may cause a shift in real estate values. Specifically, people w...
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Hi, I currently own a property that I would like to take a HELOC in to purchase investment property. Does this strategy avoid paying capital gains due to 1031 exchange ?
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I have a tenant that's been in the unit for over a year. It's a three bedroom and the occupants includes the mother with her son and daughter. Tenant is quiet and pays on time every month. The tenant just emailed me t...