Michael Plaks
EXPLAINED: Tax strategy or an abusive position?
This post was prompted by a discussion of a specific STR-related tax strategy on another thread. But the concepts apply across a wide range of topics, so I'm posting my TED talk separately.
1. The annual nature of ta...
Kevin A Holden
Searching for Private Money Lenders
I've been looking into the option of using hard money loans to pay for rehab projects that I can fix, refinance for market value after construction is complete, and rent out in the north Texas area, but I feel like us...
Parker Stone
American or European Waterfall?
For deal sponsors, what kind of waterfall do you typically underwrite your deals with - American or European? For LPs, which waterfall do you prefer to see in a deal? I'm assuming an LP would prefer a European waterfa...
Justin Greene
BRRRR - Refinancing without a W-2
I am currently in the middle of a BRRRR deal, but hitting a hold up on the Refinancing stage. I currently have the house on a one year owner financed note with a balloon of 38k due in June and interest only payments u...
Michael Baum
Shill posting on the STR forum
Hey all, so I don't know about all of you but I have noticed a serious increase in shill posts. Those are posts that advocate for a product or service while they are employed at the company they are advocating for. Th...
James Hiddle
For Those Who Are Apart Of John Alexander's Seller Assist Program
Ok I've seen this advertise all over the REI community and frankly I'm tired of it. It's just as bad as Nouveau Riche.
All I see is this so called find and fund and from the surface it looks l...
Account Closed
Sponsor's promote based on Cash on Cash Return instead of IRR?
I know people frequently structure deals with disproportionate distributions to the sponsor to reward them for their performance. Every waterfall model I've ever done has used IRR targets as hurdle rates. This is grea...
David Palmer
Syndication Co-Sponsor Percentage/Fee?
I have a non-recourse term sheet from a lender that is requiring me to get a co-sponsor to meet the net worth requirement. This is for a $7.8m purchase with around $4.5m in debt. I'll be running point on everything,...
Travis Doyle
How do you make money via syndication? (Buy and hold)
Hey folks--trying to setup a fund to attract some private capital and was thinking of two options to structure it.A) we dilute our investors equity and cut ourselves some, maybe 20%B) offer them a preferred returnIt s...
Carlos Liriano
Starting a commercial apartment investment business
Hello fellow big pocketers,
Are there any commercial apartment investment business owners or potential owners that can guide me or give advice?
My pipeline is getting moist with potential deals coming to the feas...