Thor Rasmussen
Accounting tax question
I refineanced my personal home to make a down payment on the rental property. I reimburse myself from the LLC each month for the addtional mortage costs. Do i claim that as income? seems to me i am paying myself ba...
Dom J.
Online Tool For Purchase to Rent Ratios?
I'm curious to see what online tools others are using to find purchase/rent ratios. Can anyone recommend a good website or online instrument that helps buy and hold investors analyze properties geographically. Thanks!
Don Konipol
The Big Difference in Passive vs. Active Investing
I used to think that the “big difference” , The “great divide” in investments was between equity and debt. A number of years later I revised my thinking and thought “business vs real estate”. Then I came to the conc...
Dante Pirouz
I did it! Flipped for ~50% ROI
First of all thank you to the BP community and @Joshua Dorkin and @Brandon Turner for all that they've done for someone who was a total newbie 3 years ago! I'm a "buy and hold" buyer with 4 rental properties in the Th...
Kiley Harris
Renting Rooms to Friends
Hi! I just bought a house and am having my current roommate (friend) move in with me + potentially adding another roommate to rent out the third bedroom. Are there any tips you could give me in terms of writing a leas...
James E Fraley Jr
Bank Statement Loans
Pros and Cons with this type of financing for investment cash out refi
Jake Smalley
(Please Read) - Creative structure required involving Trust and family sale
I've come across a property problem I'm hoping to help solve. Here's the rundown:Grandmother owns house (free and clear), her daughter lives in house as well with four children.Grandmother passes away, leaving behind ...
Bennett Schwartz
Question on analyzing a deal
First time post. I'm a newby to BP and I feel like i'm learning a lot but I have a bunch a few questions. To start off, I was trying to get used to analyzing deals and looking at what brokers send when they have a mul...
Geovani Castro
Mortgage equity technique? Akerson/ Ellwood formula
Does anyone use this formula when analyzing a potential investment?
I'm looking at different methods of analysis but I'm having a problem at one part.
Here's an excerpt: The percentage of loan paid off in the hold...
Jermaine White
Estimating ARV
Hello Fellow BPer's,Long story short I found what could be a fantastic investment, a 32 unit multi-family apartment complex. Right now I'm trying to do my best with estimating ARV , so I wanted to know if their is an ...