Lian Orraca Rosario
New investor should I get a CPA?
I am a new investor in Baltimore City. Just bought my first property and I plan to do a house hack while doing some improvements on the property. Should I get a CPA to help me with my taxes this year or should I conti...
Ani Chat
Are there HVAC options for ADU other than minisplits
I am in the process of buildig a small ADU. I need HVAC (specifically heating ) as per code. The options that keep coming up all involve mini splits, which seem to cost close to $10K where I leave )material and labor)...
Christina Acevedo
Newbie here should I hire an agent to rent out my duplex?
Newbie here, should I use a realtor to rent my duplex?
Lucas Morales
Are Vending Machines Great For Multifamily?
I was talking about this with a friend and we have split opinions. I think it would be great for a multi family building with 10 units or more and they don't believe it would be a good investment because you don't see...
Clay Danly
New Investor looking for first deal in Austin
Hi All, Excited to be apart of the community. I've been working in real estate for 4 years, first as a hard money lender and then as an commercial agency lender (Fannie/Freddie) in Los Angeles. After starting on the s...
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Series LLC question
Anyone in here run their business via series LLC ? If so what’s the method ofOpening different series ? Assumed name ? Do they need to be filed county and state?It is easy to pay someone to do it but I want to learn t...
Danny Gelfenbaum
A leak fix for 260$
Does this make sense? A tenant complained he had a leak from his toilet. The PM sent a handyman and this is what he wrote in the description:Request: My toilet is leaking from the baseDescription:General Maintenance L...
Greg Cook
When to hire a CPA for our team
My partner (also my fiance) have been vetting CPAs for the last month. After getting many proposals we are not sure the money we spend on them will be worth the money they will save us this year due to such a small po...
Mike McKeown
Is there a Rule of Thumb for STR property management % of gross?
I'm looking for a general rule-of-thumb for estimating the percentage of gross income used for paying for a management company to handle an STR. I realize this is likely very location specific, so I'd look at somewhe...
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painting costs
Yesterday a painter gave me an estimate of $3450 to paint the interior walls/closets/doors of my 1285 sqft house. $400 for materials, ther rest labor...
I can't afford that. I have 3 walls that do need a full coat, ma...