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A critical element of RE investing is access to good financing; rapid lender approvals and good terms provide an investor significant advantage in winning deals and generating strong ROI.For first-time investors or th...
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This discussion was cropping up in another thread about a different topic, and I wanted to hear more feedback from other members about what they prefer. As a primer, I am going quote @Rich Weese contributed as I find ...
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Does anyone understand the rules of a 1031 exchange?
Is it true the acquired property's purchase price must be higher than the net sales of the exchanged property?
If a property swap occurs of different...
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Hi BP,I cant seem to find an answer to my situation here, unless I missed it. Here is the problem. When I acquire the my duplex back in 2017, the tax assessment for the land was about 50k.I subtracted that from my pur...
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Hi,I'm currently investing with a friend who has the property under their name. We are looking to avoid as much tax as possible as we are planning to flip. From what I gather is that incorporating allows us to pay les...
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I own rental homes in Kansas and Missouri. $800 is what I pay in Kansas for property insurance a 3 or 4 bedroom with 2 or 2.5 baths home around 1500 square feet . These are nice solid A neighborhoods.In Missouri, a 1,...
I'm already investing successfully with positive cash flow in Real Estate with no vacancy rate in all my properties, but I have a concern, people are leaving this island (Puerto Rico, the Detroit of the Caribbean) ...
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Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy). Property taxes are already high, but ...
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Hey all! Hopefully everyone is well!Just curious to those out there who are investing for long term holds in extremely high priced cities like Boston, San Fran, New York, etc..Seems like the numbers are so hard to ca...
I live in Henderson Nv and I want to form a self directed IRA/LLC for the purposes of purchasing a business, and possibly real estate. Does anyone know how long this process takes? Should I form the IRA/LLC first befo...