
17 February 2013 | 1 reply
Purchase Price: $174,900Mortgage: $838.89 with 20% down @ 6% and 5% closingCash Outlay: $43,725-Income-Rent: $1900/month (optimistically)-Expenses-Maintenance: $190/monthVacancy: $190/monthProperty Manager: $0 (self PMed)Insurance: $115/monthTaxes: $510/month (ouch)NOI: $16,860CoC: 1.54%CAP: 12.52%Profit: $27.99/door/monthI would have to offer $130,000 on this property to make $200/door/month.

4 March 2013 | 5 replies
Based on my quick calculations, it looks like a 12% net profit with an exit price of $650k, and 30% on a $750K exit.

11 November 2013 | 42 replies
I thought B Corps were some type of non-profit.

19 February 2013 | 13 replies
Depreciation and deductions disappear, but the ability to push out recognition of profits for decades (or forever in a Roth) makes growth easier.Successful retirement investing is about 1> preservation of capital, and 2> finding an acceptable return.

12 May 2013 | 9 replies
This will allow you to side-step your competition and be much more effective at finding some high equity deals.Depending on what kind of budget and time you have available to work with, direct mail, advertising and networking can all be huge avenues that will bring you some profitable deals pretty quickly.

19 February 2013 | 1 reply
Then focus on whichever strategy (or combination of strategies) gets you to those goals faster.If you're asking what I'd do, I'd focus on a combination of flipping (to generate short term profits) and buy-and-hold (to generate longer-term cash flow).

19 February 2013 | 9 replies
Which include new roof, paint and new gas lines.Wholesale fee $1,500Closing and Holding costs $1,000Total cash in $32,500 (which I am supplying)Estimated selling price $45,000Total projected profit after 5% closing costs $10,250 of which I getInvestor Payout (5% for 6 months = 10% APR $1,250Investor Projected Profit (20% profit split) $2,050So my investment of $32,500 for six-months will return $3,300Does the above seem fair?

28 February 2013 | 23 replies
Is it wiser to ride out the 30 years... or should I double-pay and be ready to make more profits in the 15years?

5 March 2013 | 12 replies
This was something I found out from my years owning a construction company, something I learned to recognize with my financial planning and insurance background, and something I finally implemented with my current investor mindset:Years ago I worked for a builder who would borrow money out of his life insurance policy, he would build a house with it and sell it and put the money back into the policy while keeping the profit.

12 November 2018 | 32 replies
Here are a few reasons why your losses may not be fully deductible:* You do not actively manage your rental so losses are only allowed if there are profits from other passive activities.* You do actively manage your rental so $25,000 in losses are allowed if your income is $100,000 or less.* Your income is over $150,000.