Hannah Joy
Cash Out Refi seasoning period
Hi all, I purchased a property in October - interest only for 12 months, renovation escrow. The renovations are almost complete, it is my primary residence, also will be renting rooms. I'd like to cash out refi as so...
Bob Plano
Neighbor not cooperative on allowing access for property that isn't his
So weird situation here. There is a county access way that backs right up to my property. It's a future roadway that is owned by the county. It runs adjacent to a neighbor so I thought I would run it by him that I wil...
Carlos Santiago
calculating land value for depreciation
hi -- i've got a rental property I purchased this year -- I know for depreciation I have to pull out the land value -- is there any set way of doing that? can I just estimate about 20% of the purchase price?
Kobus De Villiers
Creating comps
Newbie here trying to figure out how to create comps when I don't have access to MLS.
I'm looking at some leads that are coming in and as any first time investor my fear is that I won't be able to make a decision be...
Mallikarjun Murag
Primary converted rental, closing costs(including refi's )
Hi Nicholas Aiola and all experts on this thread,thank you all for your time and great inputs you provide to BP members!I purchased my primary home in CA in 2004, refinanced it 4 times, latest refinance was in 2012. C...
Brendan Hayne
Dealing with Encroachments
Hoping to get some thoughts from the investor community. I purchased a remote property with a cabin last year at auction in San Diego, California. It was very cheap but had some known issues. My intention was, and s...
Joseph Weisenbloom
Is there anything I can do?
I just was just given the annual tax bill from the county (grayson county, tx). The appraised value of my house went up 17% from last year. I made zero improvements to the property. Apparently I was supposed to be giv...
Dustin Awtrey
Taxes on rental income
As a regular w2 employee, a general rule of thumb is you will be paying 1/3 of your income into taxes. If you are full time landlord and live only off rental income profits what is a general rule of thumb on taxes y...
Sigurd Panke
Sell a rental house w/ owner financing and pay 0% capital gains?
I am hoping that a CPA might respond to this post. I'm going to sell a rental house via owner financing and I'm playing around with various loan amortization schedules to settle upon loan terms where I wouldn't pay an...
Lindsay Wilcox
Licenses
What kinds of licenses does it make sense to hold? Or what kinds of licenses do YOU hold?
I've seen some debate about real estate licenses, but what about, for example, general contractor licenses if you do a lot of ...