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It makes sense to want depreciation to offset ordinary income.
Here's the kicker:You need to establish that you are real estate professional. Then you establish material participation.There are two tests to a real es...
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Instead of setting money aside every month for repairs, what are your thoughts on using a company such as American Home Guardian who offers coverage for $60/mo. Curious if anyone have done this with success vs setting...
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Hey everyone,I am in my last semester at Ohio State University looking to learn before I dive into investing. It is my hope to get into wholesaling and investing once I graduate (too many legal barriers to wholesale i...
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I'm reading a book right now called How Will You Measure Your Life by Christensen, Allworth and Dillon. It's a pretty good book, chocked full of interesting things for business owners to think long and hard about.
Th...
Investor and property manager in the city of Philadelphia and have been doing this since 2015 and have successfully pulled dozens of rental licenses in the last 8 years. Within the last 2-3 months, I've tried to pul...
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Hard Rock Hotel (Downtown San Diego) has offered investment ownership opportunities for certain rooms within their establishment... has anybody had experience with this or horror stories of such investments?
The ask...
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I'm about to go into a hoarder/mismanaged potential apartment building and am prepping for the worst, so it got me thinking. whats the most disgusting/craziest/expensive thing you've ever found in a prospective or ren...
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Hello all,so I found a 10 units building, that is apparently with 50% vacancy. Not much info except that it is listed with the potential GRI of $70500. it's listed for $450,000 (lol). Not renovated in a while. Roof se...
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I have a question regarding a 1031 exchange. I just purchased my first flip and should make a nice return on it. My question is, with a 1031 exchange do I have to find a brand new property or can I use the proceeds...
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hi fellow investors,
I want to rent out my townhouse in Calgary, but haven't had much luck with it on Rentfaster and Zillow.
Just a couple of tire kickers so far.
I reached out to a few Realtors (just for tenant pl...