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I am preparing to purchase my first rental property and have a question for the community. Asking the same to my accountant and will post his answer as well.
Should I:
1) Purchase in my name using a personal bank loa...
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Hi guys, I read reports on real estate investing and there is something I do not understand. Please enlighten me. I saw something inside the report like CAP RATE 15.2% ....
What is
- The meaning of CAP RATE in laym...
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Anybody know anything about David Alexander's
Sub 3 program??
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I posed this question on a recent forum post and got this response:To address your question we have to pause on the idea that you implied of "perfectly good". Is perfectly good the simple notion of payment history? ...
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Hi BP.Tomorrow I was supposed to close on a property, which we are now not going to. During the title search, we discovered a sizable second lien that they didn't disclose. When we mentioned the fact, they acted surpr...
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Hey everyone, Wanted to hear the communities response to this;Brand new r/e investor, going to do a fix and flip. Does anybody have any interesting tax strategies in respect to this whole process? (buying, selling and...
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Hey guys, absolutely love this site and everyone on it. I'm just about to jump into the Buy & Hold side of REI and just wondering if anyone has any classic mistakes that they would see a first timer like me make c...
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I'd like to pose this question to anyone who has insight into the 'off-market' market.Why on Earth would anyone not use a real estate agent to sell their house?It reminds me of the people who attempt to perform medica...
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I've been purchasing Alabama Tax deed properties for several months and I am running out of resources. I continue to receive these price quotes from the State of Alabama for approximately $5k - $7k. Good rental proper...