John McKee
Ground lease up for renewal
I have a property ground lease that is 15 years old and 3 years left on the lease. A Hired broker of the large chain restaurant wants me to contribute 100k toward improvements and in exchange they will extend the lea...
Cooper B.
Using quickbooks to keep track of rehab costs vs. budget
Is there a way to easily use Quickbooks to track expenses for a specific rehab project (flip) against an initial budget?Let's say at the beginning of a new rehab project I have estimated amounts for the labor costs, m...
Adam Fout
Rental ROI
When analyzing a deal, should an investor who finances the deal with a conventional loan factor in ROI on debt pay down and ROI on appreciation?Example: I am looking at a property to purchase for $132,000, 25% down on...
Matthew Hamilton
Is this worth it? Low risk investment?
I have the opportunity to purchase a 2b/2b 1300 sq. ft townhome for 200k. 5.5% interest rate and 25% down. Monthly payment is $1350 before vacancy and capex. There is an existing tenant who has been there for 5 years,...
Jan Gates
Buying the note before foreclosure?
My company is looking at the acquisition of a pool of first position non performing residential mortgage notes in various states. These mortgages are within 6 months of going to the foreclosure auction. Buying the not...
Luis A.
What do you think of this rehab?
I have completed my latest rehab and have also posted some of the costs involved. I would appreciate any feedback you can give me in terms of how the house looks and what would you have done better/differently and if ...
Neil Anthony
What to do w/ a $175k HELOC - Starting Out
Hi all,I'm in the SF Bay Area and looking to do some investments possibly out of state with a turnkey company. I have no cash readily available; however, I have a $175k HELOC available to me from the equity form my pr...
Rafael Rascon
Fix and flip a foreclosure home
There is a property in my hometown that is a foreclosure for only $13,000. I'm very interested in buying it for a fix and flip. Today my father and i went to go look at it and It does need a lot of work, the agent sai...
Roland Manlapig
New Investor! (Not in Jersey City...)
Hey everyone!Brand spanking new investor here. Deep in the corporate rat race with no means of free time and/or meaningful wealth generation. I'm also the owner of my photography business with early aspirations to tra...
Drew Dim
Have your LLC sell a home to yourself for tax savings
I have what seems to me to be a potentially complex question, som here goes:
I own a lot in my own name. This lot is actually 3 combined build able lots (yes it's all legal/permitable, etc so please don't ge...