Karen Margrave
Questions for Private Money Brokers / Lenders
What are you hearing from private and hard money lenders about what they're thinking on loans, etc. with the 'fiscal cliff' looming, Obamacare, etc.? Did the election change their point of view?
David Lamb
What Phase of the Real Estate Cycle are we In?
Economists:It is said that there are 4 phases of a real estate cycle: (1) RECESSION (supply greatly exceeds demand and high vacancy rate); (2) RECOVERY (rental growth remains stagnant with little signs of new construc...
Lawrence Porter
Cost Segregation a powerful income tax strategy for commercial RE
Under current tax law, your building is set to depreciate over 27.5 or 39 years. But many assets like lighting, carpeting and cabinetry depreciate much faster than that.
Which means you shouldn’t have to wait all t...
Dan Krause
Existing Government Lease as colatteral for commercial mortgage?
:D Can a commercial office building, for sale, be acquired by financing the property at appraised value AND using a federal government tenants lease (5-10 years ) as collatteral or down payment on the mortgage for th...
Austin Bright
Question on Property Taxes
I am a new investor. I'm looking at a property, asking price roughly 220K. The 2020 tax assessed value was 183K. If I buy this property at the asking price, will the 2021 taxed assessed value be 220K?
In general how ...
Ned Marz
Multi-family rental: to buy or skip?
Been listening to the podcast a ton and figured I would give the forums a whirl. Background: I own a separate, successful business and I am looking to diversify and also get some tax benefits from rentals. I grew up ...
Frederick William
Safe investments for all cash buyer
I am looking to purchase an apartment complex in Los Angeles. Target price being around 1 million. Most properties I’ve seen are in bad neighborhoods. Mostly east Los Angeles or Crenshaw area. Wondering if this is a s...
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Net Operating Expenses
What do you qualify as net operating income? I've been using the Property Analysis Tool and removed all of my property expenses - taxes, mortgage, insurance, water, advertising, and some other small expenses directly ...
Peter Ferre
How important is the 1% rule?
I am looking at an 8-unit apartment complex right next to a major University that is cash flow positive. However, it does not meet the 1% rule, with it being at .81%. How much should I weigh the property not meeting t...
Elen Saar
How to find a good neighborhood?
Good morning everyone.I was learning about the things that I think are important to know about real estate investing and I have the big picture of how to start investing.Now in every place\guide I never see informatio...