John Blackman
Form 8908 - Tax Credit for Energy Efficient Homes
Is anyone aware of how to qualify a home you built as energy efficient via this irs form?
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8908.pdf
My tax accountant mentioned this to me and this is the first I've heard of it. Aust...
Karen Margrave
DO YOU SEE A PROFIT TO BE MADE HERE?
Vacant land that is for sale in Orange County for residential housing is a rarity. There were two lots that had been split off of a larger lot, into 3 lots. The seller wanted to keep the middle lot. The neighborhood h...
Account Closed
Newly built duplex - worth it?
Because I've been struggling to find a deal with which I can force equity, I thought I'd start looking at other places to find a reasonable deal and found a couple of newly built duplexes. They're trying to sell it f...
Brian Kehoe
Sooo I met with the architect yesterday
So I have a multi family on a "double lot". The property is 68' wide and single lots in the area are 34'. It was my assumption I could just split the property and build another multi family next door. Boy was I wrong....
Kristopher Drake
Newbie from Southern Wisconsin
Hello Everyone! My name is Kris, and to keep things short and sweet I am here on BiggerPockets as a recently graduated student with a B.S. in Construction Management. I hope to use this education as well as several ye...
John Hobbes
Grocery Store Re-Development Deal
Scenario: You are working on a deal with a major credit Grocery Tenant on a space that has been vacant for 4 years now. Would require a complete demolition and redevelopment of this existing space. LL Work/Buildout wo...
Bryce Lowe-White
Inheriting more tenants than on the lease - Los Angeles/San Pedro
I'm in escrow on a property in San Pedro and I'll be inheriting more tenants than are on the lease agreement in 2 of the units. Looking further into the RSO I see that you can raise 10% per additional tenant not liste...
Randall Solomon
Advice on Developer Builder Partnership Deal
Hi all,
I'm a new developer doing a second home vacation planned community in a rural state far from the metro area where I live. I live in the place where the people will be buying houses and I have connections to t...
Arthur Botting
How can I estimate what it the land is worth?
I found an ugly house on a lot a lot that's zoned R2. The house is a tear down but the upside is that 2 units can be built on the lot How do I estimate what I should offer the owner for the lot? How can I estima...
Brandon Schlichter
"Luxury" Apartments?
Wanted to pose a quick question and see what everyone here thinks, and if anyone has expirance with something of this topic.
In my area, the rental market seems to be pretty good, area-wide vacancy rate is around 6%....