Yushengji Zhou
First time investor
Hi, My name is Roger. I currently live in Los Angeles. I get to know bigger pockets and the real estate investing world last year.From that moment, I have been saving up. So far, I have saved about 50k and i want to b...
Justin Cox
Cash flow on a rental property
Hi everyone. I have a questions about cash flow of rental properties. So I’ve been reading about all of the expenses I should be taking out of the rent I receive to determine my pure cash flow. Mortgage, taxes, insura...
Luke Davis
Difference between ROI and Cap Rate
I was wondering what exactly is the difference between ROI and Cap Rate. From my understanding ROI is initial investment/net income x 100.
Is this the same for the cap rate, or is it calculated differently?
Tripp Warren
Types of Bank Accounts for revenues?
Hi all, I'm getting ready to go live with my very first rental. I want to set up a separate bank account to have rents deposited into. My question is; should I have multiple accounts to split rent revenues? What i me...
Diane Tycangco
Is Cost Segregation Worth It for 7 unit $600k Apartment Building?
Hello everyone! I have been gathering information and some people say cost segregation is only worth it for expensive buildings. Is this true? According to Turbotax, with 27.5 years depreciation, my $600k building ...
Michael Plaks
Tax reform Q&A Thread 3 - Itemized and business deductions
Colleagues and friends,The original GOP reform thread started by @Brandon Hall is well over 200 posts by now. This is one of the follow-up threads specifically for discussion of personal itemized (Schedule A) deductio...
Trent Egenlauf
Where to park money?
Where would you recommend to park your money while you are saving to buy a rental property?
Jen Narciso
Minimizing resale costs
My husband and I are looking to do a flip in northern nj in class a locations. I'm curious how others have sought deals in an area with high costs and high property taxes but great appreciation. Also, in looking for s...
Abe Alam
Sell before the "2 out of 5 years" tax free window expires?
Hi folks, looking for some advice here...I have a rental property that is in a high demand neighborhood. Its a 4/3 home that has 175K mortgage on it and is worth roughly 310-325k now, but could need some renovations (...
Devin P.
Calculating Closing Costs
I have a property under contract using a Fannie Mae Renovation Loan. When doing a soft assessment of the property I originally used 4% of the total cost of the property for closing costs. 2% of that being "transfer ta...