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My wife and I are new Duplex owners and put in our contract that they need to have renters insurance (just because that’s what we’ve had when we rented). We had pushback from it because “they’ve never had renters insu...
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In case anyone might have missed the news...
April 16 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. foreclosure filings rose to a record in the first quarter as employers cut jobs in the recession and temporary programs to delay action on de...
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Hi all,I am new and looking at buying my first investment property. I am looking at a quadplex built in 2017 in the downtown area of a city I know pretty well. Gross rents = $101k a year. Insurance = ~$1300 a yr.Taxes...
looking at a duplex and triplex. $300000 total
240,000 financed at 5% for 30 years = 15,460
taxes=2700
insurance=900
property management=6660
repairs/maint=2000
utilities=600
lawn/grounds=500
misc. =1500
vacancy=800
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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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So, I am doing a quick cash flow analysis on a Columbus Ohio property and I am on the tax assessors website and I see this: https://prnt.sc/vfed59Theres 2 numbers: Original Tax and Current TaxOriginal Tax is the highe...
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Hey everyone! Thanks for checking it out! I am practicing on my analysis as I hope to purchase something like this or bigger before the end of 2016. Another purchase this year would add 2 properties to my portfolio a...