Recently I have been investigating several firms that claim they will set you up with great passive income returns through inexpensive rental properties. The sales pitch is roughly the same and at first it appears to ...
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Has anyone done a cost segregation for a tax year?
I will have a 750k+ tax bill from a warehouse I sold and from one of my businesses I sold this year. I have not looked too much into a cost segregation, but I am won...
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Hi everyone!quick question about verifying a retired persons income. He lists $5700 and states "retired". How do I verify that? I assume some is SS. He's retired after 30 years at a paper mill so some may be from ...
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Many media outlets, respected investors and the like are reporting 2013 will be yet another recession. Possibly more severe than the one in 2008 due to factors such as increased national debt, printing money, manipula...
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I am contemplating going to the commercial real estate side for investment but the rates & terms are completely different vs residential. I found an opportunity where the seller would consider carrying the loan a...
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If I spend 50k on a rental, and I want to do absolutely nothing to earn profit, what is the bare minimum annual % return I should expect. I thought it was 10%. Opinions welcomed.
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Hi everyone,I am new to real estate investing. I just bought my first property - a triplex - and will be closing on April 1st. I will be living on one of the units and doing short term rentals from the other 2 units (...
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I have a $150,000 equity line that I can borrow from. I have two properties that I am currently looking at. Property A is a 13 unit apartment complex and Property B is a 5 unit apartment complex.
Property A i...
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I was recently exposed to the use of Zero Cash Flow DST offerings for the same reason you would invest in an individual ZCF asset....for me, I first considered them for the depreciation that would help shelter cash fl...
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Ok, now I am really confused, last week there was a discussion as to if just a landlord receiving passive income (rental income) was required to issue 1099s and the general concensus was since they were not operating ...