Roger Lin
One company v.s. a bunch of companies
What was the first you did when you started investing in real estate? Mine was to start an LLC. My training and experience as an attorney told me that protection against liabilities is a very high priority. Seven ye...
Jordan S.
Cash on Cash, IRR and the BP Calculators
Brandon Turner at BP mentions all the time that his metric for analyzing a property is that he wants 12% Cash on Cash and $100/unit cash flow....In trying the exercise of applying Brandon's requirements using the BP c...
Taylor Lopez
How Valuable is Tax Accounting to Real Estate?
Hi everyone,I'm graduating with my Bachelor's degree in Accounting in May 2015. I have applied to both the Master's in Accounting program as well as the Masters in Tax program at my university, and I cannot decide whi...
Matthew J.
Am I too late for Austin Commercial Real Estate market?
I am reading topics in this forum and everyone agrees that there was too much of an price appreciation in Austin market in the last 10 years or so. Do you think it is too late to get in?I was particularly interested i...
Grant Kemp
Is it worth placing your LLC inside of a trust?
I am being advised by a CPA to form my series LLC and place it inside of a trust. He says that legally, this provides much more personal safety for me and my assets. Is there truth to this? Is it worth the extra money...
Jason Aycock
When can I go full time?
I have some very high goals in mind for where I want to be in 20 years, but I'm just wondering how long it might take a savvy investor starting with zero properties and $20,000/yr in disposable income to realize en...
Jasmine G.
Rental Property Financing
When you have a potential investment partner for a rental property, how do you typically finance the mortgage on the property that makes your LLC the owner on the title/deed and not you specially? For conventional fin...
Cole Stevenson
New member from Michigan
Hello! My name is Cole Stevenson and I'm very new to real estate. I was born in Detroit and raised in Ypsilanti. I suppose I feel a certain kinship to the greater metro Detroit area and that's where I intend to do bus...
Karim Shah
RUBS for Apartment Building
I'm considering using RUBS on my 11 unit building for the gas (heat) and water.
Does anybody have experience with using RUBS, was it benefical?
Calvin Lang
Investor Protection
As I start to buy more homes, how can I help protect myself and my family from various lawsuits? I also own an irrigation consultation company and it is an LLC. Should I place any real estate purchases under that u...