The plan my partner and I have is to use a wholesaler to find a distressed single family home with an owner who is willing to do seller financing. However, we will only consider a property if it is priced at 70% of th...

Hello, I am currently in the process of buying a 4 plex and I have an investor that wants to give me a sum of money for part ownership of the property and I don't know how to structure the deal. My name will solely be...

Quick tax question:An individual purchases a home today and uses it as primary residence.  He makes some repairs, updates, upgrades, etc.  Next year sometime, he sells and realizes a capital gain of $100,000, for inst...

I saw a question about how to find a great agent willing to work with investors. Here is my thoughts. First, I enjoy working with both realistic newbies , seasoned investors & developers who understand win-win pr...

Growing up as a baseball player. Practice was everything. If I needed to improve my hitting I would be visiting the batting cages. Repetition from practicing was a great way to improve in any area that I would want to...

I'm in the middle of Brandon Turner's No and Low Money Down webinar, and am at the part where he's explaining Lease Options, or Rent to Own. He used a recent deal of his to illustrate the concept, and here it is:A fri...

Has anyone done any developing in Hawaii? I have 181 acres on Oahu that I am looking to develop or partner up with someone to develop and wondered if anyone has had any experience dealing with the city/county of Hon...

I have recently bought an really old house and my husband who is contractor has been working on the house.We are planning to live in and sell after 2 years.I wonder if any expenses can be written off.  Any comments or...

I am a real estate professional. (not passive activity).. I file jointly with my husband who is a doctor and has high income (500k/yr). I have  3 LLC's for mostly flipping properties. I have  2 rentals  and 5 houses f...

Theoretical question for the experts:

One party owns a property and wants to do some improvements and then attempt to flip it for a profit. However, that person does not have the capital on hand to do the improvement...