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Hi fellow BP members! My name is Lindsey and I'm a Realtor and investor in Long Beach, CA. My husband and I are looking for our next rental property and have a goal to purchase another fourplex in the Belmont Shore ...
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Private real estate offers many benefits to individual investors, such as high returns, portfolio diversification and tax efficiency. Institutional investors have long understood the merits of this asset class, and re...
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Hello all. I recently heard a podcast about airbnb partnering with some apartment complexes to allow rental arbitrage. I am part of an investment group that is interested in pursuing opportunities in this area. Doe...
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I'm about to close my first deal for $150k rental property which will cash flow $14k yearly.Thinking forward, what would be an ideal strategy to generate enough income so I can retire in 10 years? I can refinance and ...
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Some friends and I are trying to start a business owning/operating short term rental property. We formed an LLC for tax and legal protection purposes. When we found our first property, I took out a conventional loan ...
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im trying to make sure i have a ROUGH (i know it isnt going to be exact) estimate on cash flow
im just trying to make sure my basic formula is right so i can track the performance i have already had easier (i have no...
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Hello
Goal of raising $50k by end of year totally five investors with $10k+ each. Planning to acquiring two 3# family by year end.
Questions:
1. How do I protect their interest? In the deal
2. How do I raise in...
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Hi everyone! I would like to ask for a piece of advice if anyone has this experience.I have a studio room property in Tokyo Japan, free from any collateral, and I wonder if it can be an option to borrow money using th...
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Hi Everyone,Does anyone know if you still get taxed on capital gains if you do a 1031 exchange and you only put some of your sale profit into a new property?For example - you make a total profit of $545,000 before cap...
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Can someone please tell me in laymans terms what the cap rate is? I've read definitions over and over, but I still don't get it. Sorry feel like the dunce cap is on.