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Hello, I'm looking at hiring my in laws for my LLC rental property business. Question is, how can I take the step and how do I do that? Also, do I really get tax benefits for hiring my family member. Can I do write of...
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I bought my house 3 years ago for $105,000 the appreciation on it of to date is $50,000. Projection for the house is it will go up another $20,000 by the end of the year. In 4 months a hospital will be opening 5 mi...
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I want to simply know if I should go after REO 3-4 Multifamily Properties in Connecticut or I shouldn't, is it a waste of time for me to go after them if I am looking for undermarket value prices multifamily houses in...
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?: What are the components of a mortgage, is it only interest, principal, tax and insurance? How do I reduce each one of these costs? Does anyone have any strategies they can share? Any Oklahoma based strategies?Hey e...
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February 29th, 2024 HUD announced changes to:
Support Affordability for Manufactured Homes and Communities
Here are some of my thoughts: continued pushing for programs to allow the owners of the homes the abilit...
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It's been a GREAT RUN! I've personally invested in a handful of successful STR's and flips and supported several dozen buyers acquire lucrative Oregon Coast vacation rentals and AirBnB's. Unfortunately the primary dyn...
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Newsday has put together a report on the "Zombie House" epidemic found here on Long Island. It is a pretty interesting read.http://data.newsday.com/projects/long-island/zombie-houses/ It seems to me, the biggest issue...
I've been actively looking for 4-plex properties here in DFW and have run across multiple sellers asking buyers to sign appraisal waivers. My agent explained to me that if it appraises less than what I offer, then I a...
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Hello,Currently evaluating several offerings in East Central Illinois. Current offerings calculate out to a little over 3% appreciation per year since 1999. Each have 2 and 3 bedroom mix, near universities, C+ (ish)...
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I posted this in the member blogs last week, but wanted to get some more eyeballs on it.As many of you know, Mister Money Mustache (MMM) wrote a blog post entitled The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement th...