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Hello everyone that reads this,I'm reaching out to anyone that may have already done the math/thought exercise. My question is if buying points for a lower interest rate on a traditional-financing loan has any $ advan...
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I am a real estate broker in Florida and in Wisconsin and I own a construction company in Wisconsin and I am interested in building new homes and selling them. I have a buddy that is in mortgage but unfortunately we a...
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Hi,
I am looking to buy or build a small home with a business below, in the most cost efficient way. I was thinking using shipping containers or someone mentioned modular homes. I would like to know what are the bes...
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Hey BP gang! I am looking for a way to evaluate a portfolio lender. Can anyone give their advice as to what are the top questions I need to ask to evaluate their services requirements?
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I recently bought my first rental property with a business partner. We did a conventional 30yr fixed rate loan. The loan was placed into our personal names and not our LLC. We are looking to to transfer it into the...
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I am curious how others are going about this from an acquisition standpoint.
I realize most buyers are buying existing, usually value add properties. And estimating taxes on existing, older assets is pretty st...
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I know real estate and I love it. I have a commercial building that is very open to any types of possibilities but it needs to be renovated for a purpose. Does anyone have experience building and leasing out salon sui...
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Do any landlords with a triplex pay for utilities and include it in their tenant's monthly rent? If so, what's your average utility (gas, electric, water/trash) expense each month?
Property info:
Unit A: 2bd, 1ba
U...
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Hello all! Newb still working on the first purchase here ;) We all know that Delaware is the usual state to incorporate or establish the LLC for tax purposes, but I have also been told for real estate investing it'...
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I understand that me and my wife can both be on our Texas LLC, and we can still file as a Single Member LLC so that we have a disregarded entity from a tax perspective, but we still have the liability protection. In f...