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This is courtesy of Marcus and Millichap. Good article. Three years ago, you there was a difference on the median price home to buy compared to rent...
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The whole story about how private equity firms and hedge funds have steamrolled into the residential home market to become this decade’s slumlords is a story covered on this blog before mainstream media even knew i...
Found this article keeps track of short-term rental laws across the country and updates every month: Short-Term Rental Laws in Major U.S. Cities (Updated June 2019)
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If a person does a short sale and receives a 1099 as if they collected money.. the difference between whats owed and the short sale price... Is there not tax implications?
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Good day BiggerPockets community, very excited and happy to be apart of this incredible community. I hope someone is able to answer my question, or at least provide some advice. I am currently on an H2B non-immigrant ...
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Here is the scenario. The condo has a first mortgage for 156k with BofA and a second for 29k with Green
Tree. The loans are baked by Freddie Mac. The condo is only worth 50k at best and is rented for $895. PITi is @ $...
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Hi all!I'm an Austin investor looking to possibly purchase a short-term rental on Lake LBJ and was wondering if anyone else has a vacation home there or in Lago Vista or the neighboring areas. I currently own 2 long-t...
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Hey All,I'm considering a house hack on a duplex, but I'm seeing various articles stating that conventional rentals no longer work. E.g. https://www.biggerpockets.com/...I made few offers back before the pandemic, a...
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Just wanted to start a discussion here and see what others are thinking. I heard economists speculating recently that since the Fed is saying they will not raise interest rates for at least another year or two, that ...
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So, I just read the article, "The creative way to finance investment properties you probably haven't discovered yet." And this was actually what I was planning on doing. However there was a section of concern for me...