First time post but have been reading on here till my eyes hurt every night. Have a friend with a 2 bed 1 bath house willing to sell it to me for 30k. Current tenant has been there for 2.5 years and pays $450 a month ...
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I recently spoke to one of my professors who had mention that he used student loans to purchase his first real estate property. I asked if he thought that it was a good decision to do that. He replied that he thought ...
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I bought a house back in November 2020 for $378,000 in the Sacramento area. 1300 sqft 4 bedrooms and 2 baths. I rent out each of the room for $775/mon and the master bedrm for 850/mon. Total rent income is $3,175/mon....
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I had a property tented for termites, which broke some concrete roof tiles. I got free repair estimates (inspections) from two roofing companies. The first estimator, who climbed on the roof, said there were 70+ til...
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View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.So I am a college student about to get married looking for a house to live in. In Utah, i...
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If you do some maintenances on your rental property, such as fixing a clogged toilet, replacing a broken door, etc., can you count your own labor as expenses?
Thanks
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I recently got interested in real estate investing, so I've been roaming around bigger pockets. I've noticed that a lot of people talk about FHA 3.5% down payments on multifamily homes living in one side and renting o...
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So it looks like I made some money this year investing in rental properties. Will have to pay taxes on it unless I can increase my expenses... Any ideas for what to do today in new years eve relating to tax strategi...
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Hi BP,
I'm learning more and more about multi-family investing, but I am having trouble finding the answer to a specific question. If I have a partner that wants to fund the downpayment on a small complex, but then d...
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This is how I have my excel set up with Calcing everything that goes into it. Under the Expense portion should I have columns for "Cap Expenses & Vacancies as well?" If so, what percent should they be taken from.....