Hi all, as I've been getting more into real estate investing, it's become quite clear that the US tax code favors business owners and real estate investors rather than W2 employees or self-employed business owners. On...

Hey guys and gals!I’m driving for $$ now using the Deal Machine app and there is a property that the app states has an absentee owner, but I spoke with the woman who is currently renting at this property and she said ...

The thought of buying cash flowing rental properties interests me. However, I'm from Long Island, NY and cash-flowing deals are very hard to find. I'm considering purchasing out of state but don't know which markets I...

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I strongly believe whether or not you use debt or don't use debt to buy real estate, it is important to pay off debt that is not related to your RE investments.   All of that interest your paying is money that could b...

Together my husband and I have almost $200k in student loans with a significant portion of them being at 6% interest. 53k of that is at 6.8% and 7.2%. We currently live and work in Oregon and are interested in getting...

I found this to be helpful in the beginning, hopefully you will aswell ...
acceleration clauseA clause in your mortgage which allows the lender to demand payment of the outstanding loan balance for various reasons. T...

Hi BP members,I need help analyzing the follow:In Houston Rental market (suburban), most will follow the 1%...so here is my calculation for getting a rental house that can rent out for $1500/month, at $150KMonthlyRent...

My lease includes an automatic increase of 3% every year. Do you include a standard rent increase in your lease or do you play it by ear every year?

I would like to read an example of some of you guy's creative financing deal structuring you've put together with no &/or little of your own money down. I'm posting this forum to get a better understanding of how ...