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I am getting a bit confused about what capital improvement costs for my real estate portfolio can be immediately expensed vs need to be added to my basis and depreciated over time. I am further confused by the concep...
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I purchased and put in service a STR condo this year (2023). Purchase price was ~$200k. It is self-managed. It is a condo, so no land value. I am considering a cost-seg study and looking for recommendations on profess...
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I am a rehabber who tries to stay in the first time home buyers price range around 99,000 to 145,000 sell price. I came across a property I could not resist. It is a 3000 sqft house on a canal that leads out to an ope...
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We have been experimenting with things like paying a $5 bonus for every 5* review and additional bonuses for 5* review streaks. Since we have 12+ cleaners on our team we've also been discussing a regular email/newslet...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $668,800
Cash invested: $109,440
Sale price: $975,000
Contributors:
Vlad Tselnik,
Victoria Lod...
Dear Austinite,I am looking for couple of buy and hold deals in Pflugerville, TX. Any thoughts from Austin guys would be much appreciated. Do you think it is a growing area with a potential or just a suburb that only ...
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Hi everyone,I am in my late 20s and lives in northern California. I have been saving up to do real estate for a few years. I have a looking into Sacramental, CA, and Austin, TX areas to start my first a rental propert...
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I have heard that the best practice when renovating a bathroom is to include replacing the toilet even if it doesn’t appear to need it. The one I got looks and works great, but it’s probably 30+ years old.
What’s the...
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We are newer to the Real Estate Development world. We have a current project to build 11 town homes with a GC. All of the risk is on us for land purchase and construction loan. GC is set up as a cost plus for the fi...
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I'm in the process of closing escrow on a property in Fontana. Its a single-family house on .3 acres of land and a triplex on .69 acres of land. The triplexes are 1 and 1 units. I can have a total of 7 units on an acr...