Carolyn Morales
Mortgage terms, 10, 15, 20 or 30 years and why?
For Mortgages, including Primary Residence and Rentals, Do you choose 10, 15, 20, or 30 year terms and why? We tend to go fewer years, with the mind to pay down principal faster and so far all are buy and hold, with ...
Max Briggs
Tax Advantages in real estate
I hear people often say that real estate is treated more advantageously from a tax perspective than other businesses. I frequently hear people say something along the lines of "I get 15% rate of return, and that's no...
Tony Nguyen
How Much Real Estate VS Stock Do You Own?
Hello all,Right now, I currently have all real estate assets and no money in stocks. I met with a financial advisor yesterday, who is a trusted friend-of-a-friend, and suggests I put a chunk of money into tax savings ...
Patrick Liska
security Deposit and Property Managers
Try to make this short and to the point. I have a realtor/ Property Management co that manages my properties in Pennsylvania. recently another real estate/ property management co. bought them out and merged but kept t...
Antonio Palumbo
Cash flow negative but making a profit. I think?
This is my first post so please be bear with me: I own a co-op in NY and have been renting it out. The numbers: Mortgage – $1580 Maintenance - $1,462 Sublet Fee - $281 – so it costs me $3325 a month to keep the apartm...
Qi Ming Chen
Strategy for $750,000
I am in the early stage of selling a multifamily with a net proceed of around $750,000 in a 1031 exchange looking for passive investment strategies. The OC market where I live seems very competitive and I was wonderi...
Debbie Rumsey
Am I missing something?
I am hoping someone on these forums can help me out with understanding what the best way to leverage but not become deeper in debt. My husband and I own multiple SFR's, condos and a few small (du,tri,4plexes) some of...
Michael Plaks
Tax reform Q&A Thread 4 - New creative tax strategies
Colleagues and friends,The original GOP reform thread started by @Brandon Hall is well over 200 posts by now. This is one of the follow-up threads specifically for discussion of new creative tax planning strategies, i...
Kevin Howard
Is it smart to cashout refinance just to do so?
Hello BP,I'm considering refinancing my rental properties and was curious if anyone had any input on the situation...I own a vacation rental free and clear which is worth about $500k and brings in roughly $10k a month...
Karan Nanda
BRRR Strategy
I was just reading a post by someone and he mentioned the BRRR strategy.I like this approach but have a question on the refinance part of it.I am still a beginner and the idea i have so far is to buy a rent ready prop...