All Forum Posts by: Jonathan Farber
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Post: Closing costs on property
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Is it possible to pay more to close on a property than what is shown on your HUD 1 doc? I just got a property under contract in New York. I am reviewing the HUD 1 Doc and the total "cash to close" figure is lower than what was actually needed to financially close on the property.
What I am stuck on is the fact that the HUD shows all the charges but it seems lower. The figures are:
Earnest money: 15K
Title Insurance / recording/Tax fees: 15K
Cash to close: 75K
Total 105K
But the bottom line of the HUD in area of "cash at settlement from borrower" is
99K
Am I just missing something here? Or who would be someone who handles these regularly to do a walk through?
Thank you!
Post: Open Permits & Code Violations
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@Brian Wall sounds like an awesome deal
Post: Long Island - Nassau County
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@Joseph Salegna will do Joseph!
Post: Long Island - Nassau County
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Any Long Islanders out there?!?! Looking to network or discuss strategy over coffee? A little about myself / current strategy - I am looking for a new primary residence where I can do a 1-2 year rehab and potentially flip! Any advice/recommendations/reasons not to do it?
Thanks!
Post: To show rental profits on taxes or not?
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@Jonathan Farber
You are required to report your rental activities on your tax return.
The return will report rental income less expenses(mortgage interest, insurance, real estate taxes, repairs, depreciation, etc).
There are certain elections that you can make that can allow you to speed up or report expenses over a period of time. With that said - you shouldn't underreport an expense for your return to look better from a lender's perspective.
While many rental activities reported on tax returns show a tax loss - the lenders should be looking at it carefully to see what expenses can be removed from a lender's perspective so you can have a lower DTI Ratio.
Examples - Many lenders add back depreciation
Also - if you had a year with extensive repairs(roof, water heater, etc) - you can argue with the lender that normally repairs should be $1000 a year instead of the $5000 that we had last year.
The lender may be able to addback $4,000 in this case to your income for DTI purposes.
Some of the costs were larger unexpected Capex expenses. If the banks are shown the receipts for these do you think that will change the conversation?
Post: To show rental profits on taxes or not?
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Do most landlords show losses on their rentals?
Reason asking I am looking for another loan, and while the rental losses I showed in 2017 are minor, they are hurting my lending ability.
Granted, it was nice to receive a 'return' but wondering if I should file differently for 2018. Has anyone dealt with this?
Post: Thoughts on buying Cell Towers...
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@William Jenkins Thanks!
Post: Do you use a Virtual Assistant for marketing, admin, etc. tasks?
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@Dave Ramirez @Andrew LeBaron Thanks guys! I will check them out and circle back
Post: Thoughts on buying Cell Towers...
- Rental Property Investor
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Post: Do you use a Virtual Assistant for marketing, admin, etc. tasks?
- Rental Property Investor
- Medellin, Colombia
- Posts 231
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