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All Forum Posts by: Catherine Javier

Catherine Javier has started 28 posts and replied 96 times.

Post: Keep, refinance or sell?

Catherine JavierPosted
  • Investor
  • Posts 96
  • Votes 19

Hello everyone! Asking for your expert opinion. Any thoughts are appreciated!

We bought at $212k, we put 20% DP used DSCR(~45k because it was appraised at $206k).

Some of the updates we did: changed roof& hvac, minor cosmetics, replaced driveway spent probably $40k.

Remaining loan is about 152k @5.75%. Mortgage is only less than $1400. For 2025 we are assuming it will rise at $1500-1600

Same townhomes pending at $260’s; if we upgrade kitchen/bathroom around $275 up

Current tenant leaves Dec 31, 2024 Assuming rent stays the same for LTR, we will be cashflow negative since Home/Hazard Insurance and Taxes will increase inevitably.

Should we:

  1. 1. Upgrade/Renovate update Kitchen, Bathroom & Flooring which would cost us about $50-60k with furnishing, keep it as MTR or STR then refinance or **midterm rents 2400 and up with comps; then Refinance or….
  1. 2. No renovations, but cashflow negative (wont hire property manager anymore just to breakeven) @$170-1850
  1. 3. 1031 and buy in WA where we can manage on our own

Same problems with others, we have limited cash available. if we do buy on WA , few concerns are:

  • We are intermittently rehabbing our current home to be rented as Nursing Home eventually hopefully in 2 yrs.
  • home in WA are more expensive and would need higher downpayment and it would be challenging for us because our DTI is high already, we would have do to a dscr thats 100k++ DP


Sorry for the lengthy post, hope to hear from you!

Quote from @Nate Meeker:

@Catherine Javier 

IRS Pub 527 states "Example. You rent a room in your home
that is always available for short-term occupancy by paying customers. You don’t use the
room yourself and you allow only paying customers to use the room. This room is used
solely as a hotel, motel, inn, or similar establishment and isn’t a dwelling unit."

Common areas don't apply. Only if you have a portion not used for anything else and you meet all other rules. You would want to allocate expenses on a sqft. basis.


 Thanks! 
by the way to qualify for the STR, of I am not mistaken it should be 7 days or less right


so 7.2 days immediately disqualifies me immediately? 
or 8 days and above 

I just averaged the length of stay…

Post: Recommendations for Cost Seg?

Catherine JavierPosted
  • Investor
  • Posts 96
  • Votes 19
Quote from @Michael Plaks:

@Catherine Javier

I don't know a company local to you, but these three experts run their respective cost segregation companies that provide it nationwide:  @Bernard Reisz, @Yonah Weiss, @Julio Gonzalez.

Also, read this post: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1075919-five-...

Thank you

Post: Recommendations for Cost Seg?

Catherine JavierPosted
  • Investor
  • Posts 96
  • Votes 19
Quote from @Christian Block:

I would reach out to KPKG.


 Thank you!

Post: Recommendations for Cost Seg?

Catherine JavierPosted
  • Investor
  • Posts 96
  • Votes 19

Hello BP family! 

Just asking for recommendation for Cost Seg Company in Tacoma WA?


Thank you!

We were, but he missed 2 things, my wife’s income and the taxes I paid. He was able to correct them bit we are a bit hesitant and we’re trying to find a better CPA that can be our tax planner/strategist.

Quote from @Julio Gonzalez:

@Ryan Judkins Yes, it's absolutely possible. There's a bit more that goes into it than a cost segregation on an entire home, but it could still be beneficial. I'd recommend getting a free cost/benefit analysis quote from a cost seg company to determine if the tax benefits would outweigh the costs. Do you have real estate professional status?

 I have the sam situation. Just wondering if this is allowable especially if I meet the requirements for short term rental requirement for tax purposes like 100 hours?

any thoughts? Thanks!
Quote from @Andrew Steffens:

I would calculate it as such:

Guest 1: 60 Days

Guest 2: 75 Days

Guest 3: 90 Days

Cohort 1: Average stay 75 days

Str Guest 1-5: 4 Days

Str Guest 6-10: 5 Days

Str Guest 11-15: 6 Days

Cohort 2: Average stay 5 Days

Average across 18 total guests: 16.67 days.

Thank you!
Quote from @Sherief Elbassuoni:

@Catherine Javier, there are different ways to calculate that, one of them is to calculate how many days the property was booked out (rented) and divide that by number of reservations, this will give you the average number of days for each reservation

Thank you!
Quote from @Michael Baum:

It's not a loophole. It is the IRS regulation. People keep calling it a loophole...

Yes Michael you’re right! I should have said IRS regulation!
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