Daniel Etheridge
apartment investing
There is a property I was looking at priced at $875,000. It was appraised at $1,200,000 and that was with a 25% occupancy. The building was previously used for several businesse offices. The zoing was changed to resid...
Laura C.
House hacking in Southern California
I'm interested to hear if anyone is currently "house hacking" in Southern California? Specifically the Inland Empire. Where did you buy? In what condition did you buy your property? How far below asking were you able ...
Supreet Singh Sachdeva
Cap Rate after income tax
I am a first time house buyer. 3 of us just made a LLC and are planning to buy our first rental property. I contacted an agent about a property and got a cashflow analysis worksheet from him. So, the property is f...
Stephen Torti
Margin Per Apartment in Multi?
Hi BP, has anyone tracked their margin per apartment? I've got some numbers from it and most are good but I'm not really sure what to compare it too. Is 25% per apartment good, 50%, 15%?
Mark Lucido
IRS Form 8825 - Other Misc. Expenses
Is there an expert on the 8825 that can advise what's the best way to handle Misc. Expenses such as Accounting, Office Expenses, Suplies, Tools, etc.? I just started my LLC in 2015 and filed my return last year loggi...
Karthik Bujuru
PM or Self Manage First Rental Property
Hello BP,I am going to close on my first SFR in Phoenix area in a month and I am trying to identify best route to rent and manage it. Should I hire a PM to manage since this is my first rental and I am out of state or...
Timothy VanWingerden
MTM lease pay every 14 days?
I have an inherited tenant who would like to make bi-weekly payments. It would be something I am interested in doing namely because after a year, she will have paid an additional month's rent (26 payments/2 = 13).Howe...
Andrew Angell
Best way to get personal cash into an LLC for a Syndication deal?
TL;DR - What's the best way to put personal cash into an LLC for a real estate syndication deal that will pay monthly cashflow? Also, if I borrow from my life insurance policy can I deduct the interest paid back to th...
Brandon Handel
How do I get out of paying water?
So I found this duplex and almost everything about it is great. It would be a great deal... If I didn't have to pay the water bill. The water bill is going to kill my cashflow. Do you guys know of any ways to get out ...
Kenneth LaVoie
update
A few months ago I bombarded the forum with questions as I was eager to get my feet wet with either SFH or multi units. I bought my first SFH a month ago -- not deal of the century, but a nice little cape with upstai...