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Hello,I am recently get involved with a fix and flip (my first one). The property is in my name as we plan to live there while we renovate. I was wondering if there would be any advantage creating a LLC or business to...
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I have two questions regarding mortgage interest tax deductions.
First, last year, I purchased a HUD property at a significant discount and used a $70,000 HELOC from my primary residence for the down payment. I under...
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TL;DR Matt Motil is a fraud. Do not invest with him.
Warning, this is a long post. My purpose here is to save some of you from the experience I now find myself in after providing a short-term loan to Matt Motil of C...
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Upon joining up with Bigger Pockets, I logged on to see an advertisement that said "cold calling is dead" that was advertising a book. While it looks attractive, the data simply doesn't support this proposal. In a...
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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...
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Hi all ,
Would you take someone from Marijuana conviction from 7 years ago as tenant ?
When they say Marijuana conviction means he smoke marijuana or could mean he was selling it?
Is easy to get rid of marijuana sm...
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Hello BP, I have a question on what to do in the scenario where I have an unmarried couple that I would like to rent to. Problem is, that one of them makes most of the money of their combined income. My concern is tha...
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Hello all. Has anyone actually used Stessa? It was advertised on the last episode of the BP podcast #295. I have 1 property as of now and have been doing little to nothing to track income and expenses. Need to rem...
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I've read a lot about the asset protection plan of buying a property in your personal name with conventional financing, then quit claim the property into their LLC. My property manager told me he's seen people do thi...
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This is a post meant to stir general conversation with other business-minded people about finding and working with professionals that focus on our wealth planning, taxes and related areas. I'm involved in multiple thi...