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HiI’m looking for a tax advisor or strategist who is familiar with NC taxes (this is where we’re located) and can help us lower our W2 taxes.We have one long term rental and another property closing soon. So we’re try...
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Here are some changes that come down last week:
-Implemented a premium for all mortgages over 80% and below a score of 740. Now you will pay a minimum of 30 basis points more for those you used to think had prestine ...
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Hello All.How do you know how much property tax are you going to pay and how much will the insurance will cost you each month? so you can run your numbers?
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If a seller asked you to lower commission, how would you respond? Is there ever any reason to agree to a commission cut?
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Hi!, I'm busy investigating prefab options for a 1000 sqft, ideally 3br pre-fab option to throw behind my home in Oakland, CA. The lot in question has a very large and empty backyard, so it'll be easy to carve out 100...
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Hello everyone, I am fairly new to the Real estate investing world, I have not gotten my first investment property yet although I have some knowledge on how to do it but I am stuck. Can anyone help me with some rules ...
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It might not feel like a jobs boom to many, but damn! Does it get much better than this!?Check out the historical unemployment charts for the United States, California, San Francisco, and the greater Bay Area.. Some i...
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Hi BP! - I am going to start my RE journey in a few months. What is your opinion on the first purchase being the safest in terms of financial risk? For example lower risk A-B neighborhoods vs buying in a higher risk C...
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As interest rates rise there will be decreased purchasing power. This automatically decreases the amount of house, duplex or whatever we can by (if a loan is required) based on the debt to income ratios that a bank of...
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Hey everyone!
This is mainly for those who have recently built or got contractor/builder quotes for building an ADU. I am curious as to what your are finding the current building costs are?
I am working on putting t...