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Hi All,
I am a new real estate agent in Ventura, CA. I recently took the jump from being a CPA, which was boring and not fulfilling to becoming a real estate agent. I have other streams of income, but I wanted to rea...
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Hi I'm Al from jersey looking to start my real estate business. Just want to know few answers to some questions I have:
1. Should I start a business first and have all my real estate dealings under that company?
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I have investments in Pittsburgh--about four hours from my home. I have assembled a group of properties, one of which is a former social club at a high traffic count intersection that I am bringing to vanilla box with...
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I know that the question about what to do with $100k has been asked with a 3 choice answer but I was curious as to what people recommend someone would do with that amount if they are just entering into the RE world...
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Hey BP,I have been making tons of phone calls with local banks, over 15 now and have yet to run into someone that is lending non-conventional residential non-owner occupied "portfolio loans". I did run into a guy tha...
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In what category should I expense a new computer that I bought this year? In looking at the list of expense categories, the closest one I find is supplies, but I know a computer is not considered a supply. I'm not a r...
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I know that when you buy rental properties it's wise to keep each in its own separate LLC to limit liability and maximise asset protection etc.
However, let's say you have 30 rental properties, 30 different LLC's a...
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Prior to purchasing our first rental property my husband and I took a course to learn the ins and outs of RE. Our CPA says we can't deduct the cost of the course since it wasn't education for our main jobs. This is f...
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we are new to this. I want to have this for our retirement. We are looking to buy clothes nods in Galveston Texas for rentals.Suggestions are welcome.Sheena
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I am looking for ways to get started ... birddogging, partnering ... I am not looking to make a lot on my first deals and will provide help in the Denver area for the chance to learn.
I am looking for any other ide...