Shaun Hunt
Should I or Shouldn’t I?
Well, I have been chasing a duplex for a month now. I have lost out on it twice. The asking price and CMV is right around $280K. It is directly across the street from my first purchase seven years ago. It is the exact...
David Ivy
Austin Real Estate Market Update - September 2022
The September 2022 report from the Austin Board of Realtors shows the Austin metro market continuing to normalize in response to high inflation, mortgage rates approaching 7%, and a possible recession in the US. Here ...
Donald Cooley
Questions for past Landlords
Hi all, Excited to report we have our first potential renter. Numbers look pretty solid and she appears to have her ducks in a row. Question is, what sort of things do we ask of the prior landlords? Any insight will b...
Ty Whitman
Are hedge funds still major competition?
If this comes off as an odd post, I apologize, but it's something I am really curious about .... When I was investing in Jacksonville, Florida about 7 years ago, my main competition seemed to be hedge funds in the are...
Joe Spinelli
Real Estate Professional - 750 hour question
Hello everyone! I know the criteria to be a RE Professional is 750 hours in RE and more hours in RE than any other job. My accountant told me that I need to spend 750 hours PER PROPERTY which does not make sense. H...
Brian Morgan
Me big W2, spouse RE pro. How write off 1/3 LLC losses?
Sorry for the Tarzan title, but I think it covers the bases. So I’m a W2 wage earner in the 33% tax bracket and my wife, who has no income, logged 750 hours on our rental house last year to qualify as a real estate pr...
Ryan Greenspan
Is spending more on a better rental property worth it?
Hello everyone, I am relatively new to real estate investing. I have one rental property currently and am looking to add one more to the portfolio. My question is: Is it worth it to pay more for an all-around nicer, m...
Account Closed
Seller's attorney wants to change contract terms
I'm working on wholesaling this property, where I put down my LLC "and assigns" as the buyer. Seller and I both signed and the contract was forwarded to her attorney. The seller's attorney wrote back changing some lan...
Rob Leonard
Finding out bank and money owed on REO
Good day to all,
I am a regular Joe looking to buy a house. After probing a little on the internet about a prospective home, I found out through RealtyTrac that the property is an REO. Count...
Linus Cui
Invest multi family in Seattle now and seek guidance and advices
Hi all,I started looking into small multi-family property (5-9) units in the north Seattle areas (Fremont, Wallingford, UW, and Greenlake etc). Based on what I can find from the listed properties, it seems the cap rat...