Nathan Worden
Estimating Operating Expenses
I'm looking at purchasing a rental property and I was wondering where people find information on costs such as water/sewage. Do you go to the city or contact the water company to get numbers for this? Or do you make a...
Chris Martin
Expectations when your custodian is not registered as a "foreign" corporation in your state
In my first SDIRA investment several months ago, I ran into several "problems" (or details may be a better word) that I guess are just part of my SDIRA investment "maturity". In the Where does a SDIRA live? post, the ...
Payton Gonzales
How do you know that the figures your analyzing are correct/realistic?
This may is mostly regarding expenses, but extends to whatever figures you have to rely on someone else's (especially the seller's) info.
Joseph Russo
4 Unit First Purchase
My son has an offer pending on a 4 unit, above asking price. Its a 100 yr old house that hasn’t been maintained well. In the process of inspections, several “majors” were found. His lawyer, who also invests, said he n...
Tim Kaminski
Water is hooked up to well?
Guys, Looking at a property down here in Tampa. Realtor pulled the info and said that the water is not hooked up to the utility company but that it pulls from the well. I've never heard of that but am fairly new. ...
Kenneth C.
Early Lease Termination (Utilities)
BP,I have a tenant that will be terminating their lease unexpectedly and early (April 1, 2019). Currently, the tenant pays all of the utilities with the exception of the water. Do I inform the utility companies and ha...
John S.
Will unpaid utilities affect solar panel installation?
I have a tenant in San Jose, CA who pays rent on time, but recently they left opens statements on the table during a home repair. I saw their electric bill (PG&E) is ~$2500. The water bill (San Jose Water) shows...
Francis Figueroa
Where to find data points
Hey guys,
I am struggling to analyze deals on excel spreadsheets. It is not so much the math or computing the numbers rather it is finding accurate numbers to crunch. For example, estimating utilities, PMI, CapEx Deb...
Neel Patel
Need some recommendation on building a triplex
Hey guys, I am located in Ardmore, TN. My partner and I have acquired a house with a small lot that was built in 1935. My plan is to use the lot area as much as possible. I had originally thought of splitting the hous...
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LLC and EIN
Hello all. I am forming an LLC for asset protection, and was wondering whether it is necessary to obtain an EIN? I will not have any employees, although I figured it might be necessary to obtain bank accounts and cr...