Jacob Stevenson
Creative Deal--How big of a balloon payment can I make?
Looking at a portfolio purchase. 180k purchase price, 20k down, balloon after 5 years. Payments based on 15 year amortization with 6% interest. My question, at 5 year mark, if the properties appreciate at 4%, I sho...
Tony Tomasek
Hard Money Lender that wants to L/O to investor?
Just got a contact that has hard money to lend but will want to structure the deal as a lease option to the investor. I have reservations about this structure, but it may come from inexperience with l/o format. Term...
Jason Agulay
Leas option question
we are moving into a friends house and renting. they are moving to utah and said if we wanted to we can do a lease option to buy. How would i go about doing this? we have already signed a 1 yr lease and move in at th...
Brian Ortiz
subject "to" vs sandwich lease option
option a) I can do a subject "to" deal with a seller and then lease option the property to a tenant/buyer option b) I can do a sandwich lease option on the same property which strategy would be more attractive to me (...
Paul Haviland
Option Fee - Tax Accounting (Expense or Depreciate)
Hi Everyone - My question is in regards to tax returns. I'm interested to better understand if an option fee, for a property you successfully close on, is an expense, or somehow added to your basis and depreciated. ...
Michael Petersen
Finding an almost qualified buyer
Any ideas on how to find a buyer for our condo in Chicago who would be a candidate for owner financing or rent to own? Like someone who has damaged (not destroyed) credit or needs time to save for money down or job c...
Rahim Pir
lease to purchase Vs. owner financing
We have a commercial property in Alabama, which a buyer wants to buy.The buyer is ready for both options of lease to purchase or purchase with owner financing.We are debating what would be a better choice to get the p...
Shiloh Lundahl
Purchased 1st Investment Property today at 9-Years-Old!
Today my daughter Ashlyn closed on her first property at 9-years-old. Our attorney created a partnership agreement for our LLC with my daughter and I as partners (with me as managing partner - giving me the authority...
Ty Cover
Take the equity and less cash flow or
I purchased my first BRRR in November for 80k. I’ve invested 70k turning it into a duplex. The top is already rented for $2000 and the bottom will be rented for around $1500 when it’s completed in a couple of days. Th...
Greg Rutkowski
Utilizing a Lease Option to buy as an Investor
Alright,I have a challenge for everyone. I'm not sure if anyone has read "The Real Book of Real Estate" by the Rich Dad Team but they reference using a lease option as being an investing method to purchase a property....