Tucker Cummings
401k, IRA & Margin Loans
I’m looking into different ways to fund deals and am curious about using my 401k, IRA, and/or stock accounts on margin to help fund my deals. I’m looking for answers to questions like:• How much can I borrow?• Am I re...
Chris Braudis Jr
Increasing cashflow margins through utilities
I am thinking about changing forced hot water baseboard heaters to electric baseboard heaters to have tenants pay for their own heat since this is a large expense in Northeast US. Have others done this? Were significa...
Robert Mayo
REIT accounting - COGS and margin
Hi. I'm trying to compare some of the private deals mentioned here with public REITs.
Looking up the income statements for Equity Residential (trades as EQR) I find a line for cost-of-goods-sold. What is this for...
James Snedaker
Equity LOC + Margin stock purchasing
So I know this is a horrible idea, but I went through the motions anyway. Equity line of credit on my house runs at 6%, and my online stock broker's margin rate is 3.1%. If I pull 100K from my house and then leverage...
Geoffrey F.
help with deal profit margin
Hello to you all,Quick intro, I'm Geoff a fairly new wholesaler/investor here in Charlotte NC, crossing over from the entertainment field. I have a deal I would like my fellow BP folks to help me with. SFR 3/2.5 ARV =...
Nick Baldwin
Typical Pinellas Co. Profit Margins
hey guys I am wonder what you guys are seeing as typical profit margins on your flips in Pinellas?I've talked to several people and have gotten different types of answers from- "I look to make $x per flip" to "I look ...
Winnie Rim
Meaning of the word "Margin"
Can someone please explain fo me in depth what the word "Margin" means in buisness? And how to calculate it. I see explanations on Google but they're all different, not sure which one refers to the correct definition ...
Vivian Long
Margin loan vs hard money
I’m wondering which is better to improve my buying power? Margin loan vs hard money? I need around $150k to be competitive in the bidding wars and wondering whether I should draw a margin loan from my securities or to...
Jerry Lucker
SFR house flipping profit margins
Curious about flipping houses.What would you say is the net profit percentage on your total investment for buying, rehabbing, and selling a flip?What is the average turn around time to buy, rehab, and resell?I know th...
Daniel J.
Margins with no money down!
If you are using none of your money, are you willing to take smaller cash flow margins? For your profit, not paying back your investors. I realize that if you put no money down, and you make even $1 you are technical...