18 November 2025 | 2 replies
According to local market data:The average rent increase has been approximately 4-6% annually.Neighborhoods similar to West Philadelphia have experienced even higher growth rates, particularly in areas with new development and improved amenities.Demand remains high, driven by a student population, young professionals, and an influx of new residents seeking affordable living options within urban settings.Value-Add OpportunitiesThe property’s garage provides an excellent value-add opportunity.
9 November 2025 | 1 reply
In cases where the renter needs help with credit score improvements, how to attack and manage this improvement.
25 November 2025 | 2 replies
Don't walk through your park thinking how you are going to market it and improve it.
26 November 2025 | 43 replies
Two main buckets: the building itself and capital improvements.
21 November 2025 | 4 replies
Over the years, I’ve noticed something interesting working with investors:The biggest tax mistakes usually don’t come from shady strategies or bad CPAs…They come from poor recordkeeping and timing.Here’s what I mean A lot of investors don’t track which expenses are repairs (deduct now) and which are improvements (depreciate later).They toss all the receipts into a box or an app and hope it sorts itself out in March.Then when tax season hits, they realize half of those costs could’ve been handled differently — maybe deducted sooner or even structured better if they’d planned a few months ahead.The IRS doesn’t just care what you spent… it cares how you report it.
16 November 2025 | 1 reply
Review Capital ExpendituresEnsure large repairs and improvements are logged correctly.
26 November 2025 | 4 replies
Examples of prohibited transactions include personally using a property the SDIRA owns, selling property you already own to your SDIRA, or doing your own repairs or improvements on the investment property.
23 November 2025 | 3 replies
Think “hotel-clean, home-comfortable.”You’re basically doing what most landlords should do: small, thoughtful improvements that make the tenant actually want to stay longer and pay a little more.
16 November 2025 | 22 replies
Quote from @Frank Borzen: Quote from @Jules Aton: Wow“Improved compliance capabilities to help local governments enforce their short-term rental laws.
17 November 2025 | 13 replies
Are these actually any improvement over a well formulated Excel spreadsheet?