Jason Cyphers
Refinance or Large Mortgage Payment?
The GF and I are looking to buy a house. She's already sold hers and plans to use the profits as down payment on a new house. After a few months, when I sell my current house, what would the best option be - Use the...
Geoff Antone
Mindset of Buying Rentals instead of Flips
Hello everybody, Originally this year I had my mindset on flipping houses in Dallas / Fort Worth. Now I'm rethinking my strategy and thinking I should instead buy properties, fixup and then rent them out.I'm thinking ...
Hayley Clark
First-Time Active Military Homeowner/Real Estate Investor: Sell Fast or Rent?
Hello! My name is Hayley! I'm 26 and I bought my first 3 -bedroom, 2-bathroom home May 2023 for about $219K ($1580 monthly mortgage). I have just recently deployed to Europe for 9 months. During the 3 months in betwee...
Ken Bearce
I just bought my first rental property
I created a company to buy are rent a condo in 2020. I borrowed 120K from a relative to buy this investment property. I bought the condo for 118K and used the rest for make ready. I now have a tenant who is paying me...
Brian Campbell
partners and taxes without LLC
I've read every thread in here on LLC's vs umbrella liability insurance. My lawyer (a friend) will set up my LLC, but it will cost over 1K to do so so I am looking for other options.
My longterm girlfriend (12 yrs) ...
Albert F.
Have someone used hard money lenders to real property?
I have been sitting on the fence for quite a while about getting hard money to start the first investing. I keep hearing it's good way to star. My problem I'm so scared since they charge higher interest and points, an...
Linda Bro
Tax Deferred Exchange Question
Hello,Does a 1031 exchange allow me to sell a rental and roll the profit into a property that has two houses on it (one to be a rental)? Or does it allow profit to be rolled over into a property that has one house on ...
Murray Smith
no money down deals
I understand that these type of deals are hard to come by, but happens when you come across not one but two great deals one being a business and the other being a complex which is the main stay of what we do especiall...
Ian McDonald
Depreciation recature and capital gains
Hello,Is it just me or does depreciation recapture and capital gains make real estate seem less lucrative or attractive than it used to? I'm not to keep on losing 40% of my hard work to the government. I know 1031's...
Matt R.
Does a gumball machine profit more than the average SFH rental?
No it does not... however four gumball machines might. Is what you are thinking of buy and holding make more profit than four gumball machines? This post is to get a new investor to take a step back and consider what ...