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Hello everyone,
My lender is asking for a 7 day extension on the current closing date, February 9th, but the seller is anxious. Has anyone encountered this situation before and what are some possible options/strate...
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The June 2024 market report from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) shows that the median home price in the City of Austin decreased 1.6% to $600,000 over the past 12 months. The greater metro area’s median price fe...
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What investment choices would you recommend to offset W2 income taxes? Let’s say we’re shooting for $50k tax saving per year. My wife is a real estate professional (we can deduct real estate depreciation) so a proper...
Has anyone heard of investing in residential treatment facilities (group homes)? These facilities would offer services to adults with disabilities like mental retardation or down syndrome. Supposedly, Medicaid reimbur...
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The Situation: We have been renting a full furnished home as a STR for the past 3 1/2 months. It's an expensive home and that we pay a steep monthly rent for. Since move-in we've had numerous issues with the home and ...
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Looking to use a friend's money who is interested in investing to buy rentals and flips.
Two questions:
1) can I borrow money from him, like an unofficial hard money lender, without us being in an LLC together? He...
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I am not sure how to structure this deal and need some feedback. I found this property on Craig’s list. The property is vacant and the current homeowner does not want to sell it for less than $160K. He is very motivat...
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Cousin A currently lives in one half of their primary residence and rents out the other half.Cousin B has a rental property they want to get rid of by doing a 1031 exchange.If Cousin B buys 50% of Cousin A's house as ...
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I’m dangerously curious about sponsors and how they become that. What value do they bring aside from perhaps finding the deal and having some skin in the game also? Are they expected to have the ability to put all sys...
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All,I am new here and new to commercial real estate investing. I do have a few single-family homes rented out. This will be my first apartment building investment. I could use some advice from experienced investors he...