Benjamin J Thompson
Real Estate Investment Trust Formation Structure
I am looking into setting up a Real Estate Investment Trust for a small group of investors. Our strategy is to purchase multi-unit properties and hold long-term for rental income. I'm am contemplating the ideal legal ...
Christopher Perez-Tirse
Legal and Tax Structure - Residential and Commercial Real Estate Portfolio
I have been going through tons of these forums and I have not been able to find the exact answer I need. I am trying to find an ideal tax/legal structure for a blend of a Multi-family and commercial real estate (wareh...
Al Liao
timeline for renting first home then moving to another
Hi BPWhat are the general best practices with renting out a current home as we transition into our next? We have about 3 weeks till our closing date so in a perfect world, we would start the tenant finding process and...
Tanya Maslach
Contracting set up for mid term rentals in Kansas City, MO
Hi everyone,I'm going to be building a portfolio in Kansas City and at the start, the properties will be multi family targeted at MTRs.Does anyone have recommendations for legal counsel / prep on contracting for those...
Roc P.
buying investments like stocks
I've been brainstorming as of late on how to come up with cash for the 20% needed by banks for investing.
I thought the following might be a good ideal, hopefully someone has done this before and can shoot holes in ...
Dustin J Woods
Is it legal to ask for tax returns/W-2 when screening Tenants?
Is it legal to ask for tax returns/W-2 when screening Tenants?
Robert Haviland
Financing Flips With FHA 3.5% Down Loans
Hey everyone,I'm a newbie looking to get involved in real estate investing and was thinking if I could do flips by using 3.5% down with a FHA. For instance, could I put 3.5% down with a FHA, get a 203k loan to finance...
Patrick Philip
Has anyone here ever raised lots of private money for a purchase?
I've been wanting to do this. I would prefer raising money thorugh debt, but am now thinking it's probably more realistic that someone is going to want equity in the building (I think I prefer hotels over anything els...
Bang O.
Is a 4 br 2.5 BA tough to find a target audience?
Greetings all - Currently renovating a formerly 2 BR 1.5 BA property in West End Alameda, CA with an open downstairs area. I am thinking of making the large open space downstairs into an extra 2 BR 1 BA to utilize th...
Mike B.
Lease option exit strategy
Any suggestion on the easiest, safest, most legal and feasible, aka "the best," or "ideal" method of completing the actual sell of the lease option in California, for 2016? Is it a double closing (stuck paying 2 sets ...