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I am debating whether to put an ductless mini split AC system for my duplex. I am in Indiana and I am worried that it will be to expensive to run in the winter. Heating is the main issue here. Does anyone have experie...
Please share your advice. I am looking to invest 100k in real estate with good after-tax IRR with a 3-5 year investment horizon. Based on my research, forums like Fundrise, EquityMultiple (or RealtyMogul), Blackstone ...
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Hi,
My goal is to get another rental property with the proceeds. I have a rental property (town house) with equity 127,500(approximately).
I owned it for 4 years 11 months with interest rate 3.625.For Cash Out Refin...
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Is anyone aware of how to qualify a home you built as energy efficient via this irs form?
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8908.pdf
My tax accountant mentioned this to me and this is the first I've heard of it. Aust...
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The savvy businesses are run on efficiency and analyzing different variances brings the insights needed to make the critical decisions. In the Rental, we often hear the vacancy loss, but there is another gain/loss, th...
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Hello BP Community!
Wanted to ask the BP community for feedback at my current state and goal. Currently I have a NYC investment property still under mortgage but have roughly 25% equity and roughly around $450k in ...
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That's not what Cap Rate is for. used improperly as a metric of investment return (which it's not), capitalization rate can be highly misleading at best, and potentially flat out wrong!
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we recently converted our home from oil to natural gas will this increase the value of the home when we get our home appraised? Natural gas is way more efficient, way cheaper per month, and the company that insta...
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We have had a great response to brand new homes as rental properties. My clients from AU to China have decided that a new home is "the way to go!"On paper the homes do not preform as well as the fix and flip homes. Le...
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How technology has changed real estate investing in 40 years
1983. 2013
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