Matt Skinner
Know Thy Cap Rate: The illusive obvious in apartment investing.
Know Thy Cap Rate: The illusive obvious.For some reason cap rates seem to be the most misunderstood term (ratio actually) in all of real estate. I often get asked by new investors what a cap rate is and what does it...
Stephen Jones
Is investing in college towns dead?
BP,I am looking at a deal in a college town with an enrollment of about 12,000 people & a population of about 25,000 people. What are peoples thoughts on investing in college/university towns? IMO, our education s...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, May 10, 2021)
Economic Update
(Monday, May 10, 2021)
Are you making love less? I thought so. Apparently you’re not alone. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of babies born in the U.S. dropped by ...
Monika Haebich
HomeAway / VRBO Service Fee
Just saw the (pretty harsh) results from a survey about the new VRBO service fee, and I was curious to see what you all thought of this.Has the new fee been affecting your vacation rental bookings? Are any of you plan...
Kevin D.
Schedule E
If my single-member LLC bought a property in 2014, but was not placed up for rental until 2015; so there is no income or expenses (other than capitalized expenses). Do I need to add the property on my Schedule E? It...
Jacob Vorreuter
Tax implications of equity syndication deals
What are the tax implications of investing in an equity syndication deal as a limited partner?I’m considering investing in commercial multi-family equity syndication deals through a crowdfunding platform. I’ve reviewe...
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Title Rehab.....with Final Numbers!
This is a pay-it-forward post, inspired by @J Scott On J's newest site, thescottpad.com, he says that the analysis and the numbers are some of the pages people visit most. I know this was true of me when I discov...
Mehran K.
SFH Deal Analysis
Hi all, was wondering if anyone can chime in on some thoughts I have on a nicely rehabbed turnkey opportunity I am considering.
Great suburb neighborhood, strong rental demand, low crime.
Purchase Price: $90k (recen...
Robert Taylor
What do you expect out of a property managent co. and how much are you paying?
Due to all of the interest that people from all over have had in the Milwaukee market (where I live and work) and because I've been a WI licensed broker since 2004, I'm now looking in to focusing my business toward...
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Solutions to Issues & Challenges - Investing in Nova Scotia
The purpose of this post is to create a localized source of knowledge to provide solutions to the issues and challenges faced when investing in Nova Scotia
One such problem of mine is finding affordable single family...