Jeff Greenberg
Cost Segregation Study
Has anyone done a cost segregation study, and what are the pros and cons? Has anyone used Engineered Tax Services for this study? It all looks good on paper, but I wanted to see if anyone has some real world experie...
Austin Petrie
Analyzing Returns on Properties held for 20+ Years
Hey all,So my grandfather started investing in real estate over 30 years ago and has not sold a single property. I'm currently trying to analyze how well each of these properties performs year to year to see if any ar...
Jack B.
To sell rental or not to sell
Making about 6.8% cash on cash from rents after expenses. It's a 145K house and although the market is going up, it's small gains compared to my leveraged 500-700K leveraged houses. I've kept it to date as a fall back...
William S.
Milwaukee MF Analysis. Always Negative Cash Flow...
I'm not seeking to buy at the moment so I am using this time to practice. There is a neighborhood of interest that is up and coming and has some nice 4-plexes. I have considered contacting the sellers (off market) to ...
Kevin Drysdale
Find Property or Investors First??
I've been studying and learning REI for about a year now. I am wanting to start with a few flips to generate some more capital to be able to get into some buy and hold properties. I'm building my team now - RE Agen...
Tyler Baldwin
IRS finalizes Cost Segregation Rules (and timeline)
The treasury dept and IRS just released the final set of regulations for the popular 100% bonus depreciation schedule. And great news for the Real Estate pros trying to avoid taxes... the “placed in service” date was ...
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50% / Itemize
Operating Expenses seem to be a big shade of gray for investors. Especially for a newbie like myself who has never run an investment property. Do the vets recommend itemizing expenses when running a cash flow statem...
Christine Swaidan
Long term tenants
We have a 70 unit senior building that we have owned for the last 20 years. These are all low income and about 20 have section 8 assistance. Rents are low. I would have to say we have not done a great job managing the...
Helmut Forren
I don't understand how higher interest rates can work
I like to buy and hold single family homes for rental. I have a strategy that has been working very well for me. Of course, conventional financing is becoming increasingly difficult. I've seen other financing metho...
Kash Johnson
Estate Planning tax question
I'm not sure if this is the right spot to ask this question, so please let me know if it's incorrect. My father-in-law has been dabbling in real estate since he purchased his first parcel of land at 16. He's a small t...