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My friend rented out his duplex to a family 2.5 years ago. After they moved out, the property was damaged significantly. The security deposit was $3000 but he spent closed to $5000 to repair it. He told the tenants...
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So I'm buying a 3 family home..$250,000 in NJ , I'M taking a conventional investment loan 30 year with 25% down non owner occupied. Did a lot of browsing around with different lenders. So this rate was the best rate ...
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Fellow BPers,
I have a company which I'd like for it to hold my real estate properties for purposes of limiting liability. I am purchasing properties personally as I cannot finance them with the company yet....
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Anyone have experience with crowdfunding platforms such as fundrise or CARDONE capital?I have a good chunk of extra cash that I’m looking to invest into real estate but not looking to buy a full property on my own. cu...
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How's it going?
My name is Chris, I'm 21 and live in Chelmsford, MA (about 30 minutes north of Boston) and I'm new to real estate investing.
I'm an entrepreneur at heart and FREEDOM is my goal in life.
I currently am...
We are planning to invest in our first rental property in a couple months and I would like some advice about LLCs. Do we need an LLC for rental properties? Do we buy properties through an LLC? Do we open an LLC after ...
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We've seen discussions on Capital Gains(CG) taxes - - but that's just the tip of the iceberg as they say.I elected to liquidate my holdings, withdrawing from RE, and to watch the paint dry. I knew there were other ch...
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Hi all! I need help with clarification on permits in Cleveland Ohio.
I bought a duplex and replaced electrical panels and turned attic space into additional bedrooms.
My general contractor says I don't need pe...
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Hi,I am looking for some tax guidance on my first ground up construction. In this scenario, say I acquired the property for $1M and the city tax assessor has it documented that my land is worth 900k and the building i...
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Which services have you used for screening a tenant and what did they include?I read about TransUnion Smart Move and RentPrep. Any positive and negative experiences with either? Besides these 2 have you used any other...