If you own a property free & clear or when calculating for a cash purchase, do you still calculate a vacancy expense when determining cash flow?  Why or why not?Cheers. 

Hi Folks, I think a lot of us are aware how great depreciation is for people who own investment properties. However what about for new investors trying to reduce their taxable income but not reduce the income underwri...

I`m buying an REO with transactional funds and doing a double closing to flip it immediately.I`m buying for $43k total,reselling for $82k.Now the transactional funds are paid back pretty much at the end of the double ...

I've seen it mentioned on some posts that lenders like to see that people pay income taxes. What do they look for with conventional owner-occupied mortgages? This is conflicting because we try to write off every dolla...

I think I know what I am going to do but would like to see what others think.Closed on 14 units in late Sept fully leased.  Seller had a 4 pg lease for tenants with no other documentation, not even an application so I...

I have a MHP deal floating around. But the area has declined in population here are the local stats
population 16,000 down from 22,000 in 2000
Poverty rate 36%  
number of  jobs is 5.65K
The deals numbers are t...

Hello everyone!My team and I are beginning to interview property management companies in our area. We have a bunch of questions we are asking them and hope to have 3-4 prospects once we are done interviewing. I wanted...

RE investors usually put down what 10-25% and finance the rest when purchasing real estate.Why not do the same in a REIT (or two)? There are some paying dividends of 10%+ right now.Do you make a higher % than that on ...

I am a fairly new (1 year) investor with 2 SFR investments in San Diego in addition to my primary.  I am ready to pull the trigger on a fourth property which was going to be another SFR, but after discussing with my a...

Hey everyone! I purchased my first house about 2 years ago and acquired roommates within the first 4 months. I've made some improvements to the house since I've bought it. My question is how can I go to the next house...