What is the best way to protest taxes on rental properties. Since they not homestead, what ground you can use to get the taxes lower.

Hello everyone,I am house hacking an up and down solid brick triplex, with a very large underground basement. I want to put a home gym in one of the basement quarters. My workouts often include deadlifting, and I am c...

The boring aspect of passive income is consistent and slow.  It’s not glamorous.  It’s not full of HGTV shows.  It’s the slow methodical system.Why would someone want to be a landlord?  Well good question.  There are ...

Selling broker sent meat with this with response to offer. What does it mean??

“Credit to buyer at closing or price improvement.”

Thank you

So I made a deal, sight unseen, over the phone. We negotiated price after a few calls. Here was my thinking...I can do quite a bit of research via public record and doing driveby of the property. Then I simply asked t...

We've all been asked, "how's the market?"My brokerage has been tracking the data from the West Penn MLS for the past 2 years, and I would like to share some of the highlights so that we all have some hard facts to lea...

Hello! Well, this is a brain tickler. So we purchased a retail property at the end of 2022 with seller financing: 5 year term, 30 year amortization, 0% interest. Payments are $2k per month. Three year option to extend...

Hello,I recently received an appraisal that was satisfactory to the lender (85k home price v 88k appraisal price). There are some expected repairs to satisfy the FHA loan criteria.We are in good shape to finish this o...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $70,000

Cash invested: $12,800

Last month I closed on my first investment property in Cleveland ohio

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I am under contract with a seller who is refusing to give my EMD (3500) back.  We went under contract, ordered the inspection, got the inspection. The inspection revealed a lot of issues with the...