Simon S Marthinsen
Tax Implications of Using Family Members HELOC to buy property.
I'm buying a commercial property with my business partner using his parent's HELOC as short-term financing. The purchase price is $230k. The heloc is 4.25%. We are paying interest only. What are the tax implications f...
Tal Mashhadian
Annual rent increases vs inflation
Hi AllSo far our standard lease includes a 3.5% annual rent increase for our 4 unit retail commercial building. This has worked great, but with inflation going up is this a good idea for new lease? A tenant is asking ...
Stacey H.
What's a reasonable percentage to raise the rent?
We've taken over a property that my father-in-law owned, and he never raised the rent for the tenants. The home has now gone up quite a lot in value, but the tenants are still paying the same monthly amount. Their ren...
Justin Goodin
The Basics of Value-Add Real Estate
In the case of single-family homes, the process of buying a run-down property, remodeling it, and then selling it for profit, is commonly referred to as fix-and-flip. Your sweat equity and ability to see a diamond in ...
Marci Stein
Average rent increase ?
If there is one ... I have some SFH and never sure how much to increase each year a new lease goes out . Ideas? Thanks.
Jonathan Giglio
Annual Rent Increase Calculator
I am in the process of building my excel calculator(s) for rental properties. I want to factor future assumptions for forecasting purposes, such as income and expense increases. Are there any standard rule of thumbs? ...
Carlos Ptriawan
Increasing buyer agent commision
Hi, I noticed if I increase listing commission into 3.5%, The home is really having good output return from a marketing perspective.However, what if I do the reverse? say increasing buyer agent comms. from 2.5% to 3.%...
MARK F.
What’s the Reality of Acquiring Positive Cash Flow Multi Family
Greetings!
I am seeking the knowledge and experience of seasoned Multi Family Investors.
Investing in Multi Family Buildings has been a dream of mine for several years. A few months ago I graduated from dreaming to...
Kelley B.
Flipping in Phoenix
New guy and still trying to find my way. Does the current market in Phoenix still support flipping?Which indicators do you use to determine when the market does not support it?Thanks!
Jeremy Zindel
Deduct charitable contributions on a Schedule E (or C)?
First off, I know this is a very specific question to my circumstances and I already have an appointment with a CPA to ask this and many other questions but I wanted to get a feel from anyone in the BP community who m...