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Hi!I am new in the real estate industry and want to see if you have any tips for a new agent, also any events or recommendation to start meeting people and getting more connected to the Real Estate world. Thank you
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I am writing about this on BP because I just found out about it and there are bound to be some tax wizards on here that know about about the game theory needed to navigate our ridiculous tax code. I stumbled upon thi...
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How do you separate income and save for expenses? If everything lines up and its a good property what do you do to set money aside, hypothetically if your income was 1000 and you set aside 100 each for 10% for Mainten...
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I'm sure this is asked elsewhere but I wasn't able to find it. I found some things online, but I trust these boards more than the wild web. I have a single family rental. With depreciation, sometimes it's slightly ...
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Hi all,
I live in Indiana. I've got enough money saved up to purchase my first investment property. I'm looking at a simple single family home or possibly a duplex (it would be a buy and hold strategy so basically re...
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Hi for those of you who do major value add apartments how do you expense most of these things. I've heard on first year purchase you can expense 100% or some say only 50% for bonus or accelerating depreciation?Sectio...
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I've read that capital expenses shouldn't be included in an NOI calculation, but is it ok to include a per-door reserve? (By OK, I mean if I include it and use the resulting figure as reasoning for making a specific o...
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Q1-Can HOA force enter my condo unit's front door to access my rear patio for some non-urgent maintenance-like inspection, painting or coating?Q2-Is there a way to block HOA from direct entering my home from my front ...
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Tenant has lived there for a month and has had 4 service calls. Each one the father in law "finds" the issue. Except the house never had any of these issues with previous occupants and went through inspection without ...
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This is Alabama - buyer beware state.It looks like the investment property we purchased is in the "mandatory insurance" flood plain - 1% annual risk. FWIW, cash deal. When I worked with my realtor to write in conting...