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Hey, everyone. 24 year old new grad Physician Assistant looking to build some serious wealth. I'd love to get my foot in the real estate door via a house hack. I've been seeing a bunch of homes in the 550k-750k range ...
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Good Morning BP!Im looking to buy my first property. I want to house hack a duplex and live in one side. Im curious what you look for when analyzing a duplex to owner occupy. Im in a rather expensive city but future a...
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Looking at finance options on a MF home and struggling with either getting it paid off in 10 years at 3.375% or stretching the loan for 30 at a rate of 4.125%. The difference in the monthly payment is $347 dollars. In...
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How are y’all calculating your projected maintenance expenses for BRRRR properties?I know the rule of thumb for a traditional rental is 40-50% all in expenses (vacancy, prop mgmt, taxes, ins, repairs, CapEx, etc)..But...
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I would like to arrive at CapRate for performing note investments. Is it simply the annualized interest income of the borrower payment divided by the market value? Please advise.Thanks,Ray
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Hi. One reason I am exploring investing in real estate rentals out of state (I’m in CA) is to offset realtor commissions. Please correct me if I am wrong, but it’s my understanding paper loses from a rental can reduc...
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I have an investment property (thats rented out) that I am paying monthly mortgage on. I still have ~60% loan left the property. I now got cash that could payoff 20% off the loan. Is it wise to close the loan or use t...
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This article:
http://www.googobits.com/articles/1349-taking-a-tax-deduction-for-home-mortgage-interest.html
says near the bottom of page 1 that you have to live in a vacation home 14 days of the year in order to deduc...
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Hi BP community - I wanted to know who has set up solo 401(k)s within their LLCs as a way to both reduce tax exposure and add to retirement savings? I'm looking for a way to reduce profits into year end and the con...
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Basically if I buy a rental house for 75k cash and rent it for 750 a month it will take me roughly 10 years to get my money back. In the mean time is it a loss? I already paid income tax on that money, I saved it in m...