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We are new investors and looking to put an offer down on our first property in the next week as a STR. My question is for tax purposes, are we hurting ourselves in terms of the qualification of materially participati...
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We started investing 5 years ago… and we’re really proud of our accomplishments so far. In 5 years we went from being tenants to owning our residence plus 19 rental doors! Both my husband and I still have our ful...
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I'm always trying to think of new and creative financing options. One has just occurred to me, and I'm curious if anyone is doing it.Using credit cards for financing can be expensive, even when going through a service...
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Hello,
I've narrowed my search down to Las Vegas and was able to work out a loan. I want to buy a SFR for about 120k as an investment property and put down 60k. I want a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom. I want to know if this ...
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Hello Connecticut Real Estate Community!
Military family of four moving from Kodiak, AK to Hartford, CT to attend UConn's MBA program in downtown Hartford. We will move sometime between 15JUN2021 and 20AUG2021. We'll...
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Key Points:
-Keep the utilities in your name and bill back to the long-term tenants.
-Hire out lawn care and snow removal... or DIY.
-Insurance costs will decrease when transitioning from homeow...
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I keep hearing this is bound to happen, but I know that fundamentally the market is very different now than when things "crashed" in 2008ish. Who has data to show short sales are coming? Please show this with concrete...
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I'm looking to buy in Bakersfield. 2 properties around $150K each to rent out. Outlay will be $30K down, $750 per property monthly mortgage, income will be hopefully $1,200 per property. Am I insane?
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What does everyone think the long term (>20 years) investment prospects are for New England? I have seen some things that concern me and want to get other opinions. In terms of population and economies, it seems ev...
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Hi BP family - I am new here, but have been reading and learning for quite some time. I have 3 SFH's in the CP/RR area, they are cash flowing about $200/each on around $1700 rents. I live close by and the quality of t...