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My understanding is that when purchasing a STR property using a 10% second home loan, you can't use potential STR revenue to qualify for the loan. If this understanding is true, does your revenue count towards reducin...
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Will lenders accept rental income of a house hack (room by room rental) as income to qualify for mortgage?
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Hi,I found a duplex outside of Cleveland Ohio that I was hoping to get some feedback on. I am a long-time lurker in investment properties, but have never pulled the trigger. I found a property recently that seems too ...
My wife and I have 2 properties in Spain through our self-directed IRA's. She's 62 and I'm 67. When can we start using them?
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Hello folks,I had a few questions about what entity to use for fix/flip and holding rental properties. I have read many articles on-line, but I am still have some doubts. I think a number of folks on the forum must be...
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So I purchased my first home in December 2017. It is a 3/2/2 in Tampa Florida. I purchased the home at $243,000 with a 3.5% down payment on an FHA loan. After having the opportunity to move into my parents house as th...
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Welcome everyone, Marcin here. Living in Dublin, Ireland - investing in Szczecin, Poland (I was born there). My background is tech and over past years I have built few startups. Extra cash started to build up so I nee...
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I researched this a bit after having the thought the other day as I started planning to sell my portfolio slowly over time. I can offset stock capital gains with stock losses. Why not rental property gains?Basically i...
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Good morning BP! I was curious if anyone had any suggestions for books to read regarding a side hustle and tax implications. My husband and I both have W-2 jobs but this year we started an Etsy shop to create more inc...