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Advantages & disadvantages???
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Hey Moguls,Newbie looking for advice on the best use of the ~$170K in equity I have in my SFH in East Oakland. I bought it in late 2015 and my home's value has gone up a lot. Currently, I live in one room and rent out...
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Hi,I’m currently in escrow on my first short term rental in Joshua Tree. I’ve been helping other Los Angelenos buy out there and thought it was time for me to get my first short term rental. I’ve been debating on self...
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I have had a lot of accountants, some good, some bad, but none of them will do anything but paperwork.
I'm ready for an aggressive accountant.
Where are the accountants that are going to tell me how to write off...
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Hello everyone!I am 29 years old and I have been investing in real estate for the past 3 years. I currently have 300k cash to put down towards my next purchase. I own four single families homes, a duplex and a triplex...
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Background
I am not a Professional Real Estate (yet) as I am working as a full-time engineer, and I don’t meet 750 hours of services during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in which I participated. ...
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For those of us that have been doing this for a long time (25) years its crazy to see how much the rents have gone up in the last 5 years. When I started I had a 2 bedroom for $495 a month it took 20 years to get that...
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A friend of mine has been investing in Real Estate for 7 years and turned me on to the idea a couple months ago. Long term I would like to focus on flipping homes so as to avoid property management and tenants. But I ...
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Dear All,I am new to REI, and have been researching optimal investment strategy for me and my family. If we invest in cash flow property, after taking the depreciation tax benefit, the positive rental income will stil...
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Hello! I would love to get input from the BP community on this. We are working on one of our first flips, and are trying to find that sweet spot on amount of renovations to do - most bang for our buck and time. We ...