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Just wanting to point out the importance of analyzing repair costs before buying for a buy and hold. Assuming 50% expenses and spending the rest on PITI can get you in trouble.
In the last 5 yrs my duplex has average...
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Does anyone else get daily calls from different people saying they're from Home Buyer's Inc interested in purchasing your property? I'm on the do not call list and I ask them repeatedly to remove me from their contac...
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Please chime in if you have done this.. Short term rental with cost seg study/ accelerated depreciation to offset W2 income. Say you're doing this on a 4 unit that appraised for about a million. And you do a cost s...
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The treasury dept and IRS just released the final set of regulations for the popular 100% bonus depreciation schedule. And great news for the Real Estate pros trying to avoid taxes... the “placed in service” date was ...
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I need some words of advice and just a little insight. I’m trying to purchase my first rental property!! It’s actually my childhood home, my parents are just trying to get out of their current mortgage on it so that ...
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What approach or direction should I take when dealing with a free and clear home? Owner financing is available
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I have a hypothetical question for you guys. I was discussing this with a friend so I thought I see how members of BP community felt about it.Assume you were making $500k per year. With $500k income, would you rather ...
Those of you who have invested in mobile home parks...what was something you wish you had done differently during the deal process? What was the biggest lesson you learned? What ways were you underprepared or over pre...
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Hey!!
I work a crazy schedule with a handful of 3:30p-11:30p shifts conveniently placed on days when a lot of the local REIA meetings are held. This leaves me with maybe 1 meeting a month I can hit if nothing import...
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Hiya! What are the best self directed IRAs for investing in real estate? Right now I have most of my money in my 401K with Fidelity but I want to just invest up to my match in my company 401K then switch the rest over...