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Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke urged using more taxpayer funds for new efforts to prevent home fore...
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Five Unique Ways I’ve Seen People Make Money In Real Estate
1. Water Utility - 44 years ago when I was a relatively new real estate broker, a gentleman contacted me to see if we could help sell a small water utility ...
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Along with creating an LLC entity and creating a "Certificate of Organization", you need to have an "Operating Agreement".Attached below is a redacted copy. Virtually anything can be written in to this agreement. Wh...
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If me and wife own a piece of rental property (joint tenants and not under any LLC), does it consider as pass through entity? When we file tax jointly next year, can we claim the 20% pass through deduction for the ren...
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On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 2:00 pm, the Federal Reserve Bank raised short-term rates by 0.75% to fight inflation. The Fed’s benchmark interest rate is now between 3 percent and 3.25 percent.
The interest rat...
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Hi All, Need some advice about a sheriff sale in New Jersey with IRS liens. Here are some details from the my due diligence.
First Mortgage is recorded in April 2006 by Bank X
Assignment of Mortgage (or DoT) Assign...
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Is now a good time to buy condo's in Boston suburbs?
My mentor/broker is now advising I consider building a portfolio of condos, instead of CRE
It's still a hot housing market here, so one must act quickly when a li...
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Hello Experts, I have saved up some $100K+ which i planned to put as down payment for a single family home purchase planned within 6-12 months from now. This amount is sitting in savings account . Looking at my short...
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Hi all-I was reading one of the blog posts on the Short Term Shop blog about Schedule E vs C, passive vs non-passive. In the blog, they reference, "According to Treasury regulations, vacation rental owners who rent th...
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Hello,I am looking into commercial loans to get into multifamily buildings... I am sending out emails to local banks in areas I want to invest. These loans are a bit more tricky than conventional loans and one of the ...