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Reducing capital requirements - reduce construction expenses
Sounds counter intuitive, but how can you keep your seed capital requirements low through efficiency improvement/scale? What do you feel is the best way to keep your construction or remodeling costs down when you are ...
Josh McCullough
Reducing turnover
What are y'all doing to reduce turnover in your homes, or lots? Are you using credit checks? It just seems like everyone(at least around here) has bad credit. Stable income at least 3x's total housing payment? Do y'al...
Bill Robinson
Reducing AGI
All,
I've been reading, which tends to be dangerous for me, and thought it was possible to reduce your AGI by contributing to a Keogh or SIMPLE retirement plan. I asked my accountant about this and he responded that...
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Reduce taxes
I am looking to buy a distressed property. I want to reduce the taxes before I buy it. Since it is only worth $50k when I buy it how can I get the taxes reduced based on this value in the most time efficient manner...
Account Closed
Does reducing my taxable income reduce my buying power?
If I use all my tax write offs and reduce my taxable income to 0 will that reduce my buying power in the future? In other words...will banks still count the income from my rental property when trying to qualify for a ...
Wesley Mullen
Reducing 401k contributions
As soon as I started my Corporate job, I was told like many others to max out my 401k contributions to take advantage of my Employer match (100% first 3%, 50% next 2%). So I've been contributing 5% the last 5 years. B...
Kevin Feltner
Reducing Lease Term
I would like to reduce the term of my tenant’s lease. The lease contains the following...“CHANGE OF TERMS: The terms and conditions of this agreement are subject to future change by Landlord with 60-day written notice...
Harman N.
Reduce HVAC footprint?
Hi all,I want to add a unit in the garage of my duplex. My question is, how can I reduce the space the utilities take up, in particular the HVAC? The water heaters I can eliminate via tankless systems, but not sure wh...
Bart Slak
Reducing Utility Costs
I purchased an 11-unit apartment building 6 months ago. The water bill is much higher than the historical average. Any ideas for a diagnostic test that could help me determine way the usage is so much higher. Occupanc...
Vince Kallarackal
Reducing Property Taxes
Hi All,
I am new to BP and looking at how to help protest/reduce my property taxes for SFHs in the Houston Area. I thought I would crowdsource ideas in BP since I have seen so many helpful posts on other topics.
Tha...