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CPAs Answer YOUR Top Investing and Tax Questions
Want more real estate tax deductions? If you’re a savvy investor, you can use the tax code to avoid income tax, keep more money, and grow your portfolio even faster. But it’s hard to do so without a rock-solid CPA behind you. Thankfully, we…
Finding Comps, Estimating Rehab Costs, and Filling Vacancies
A FSBO (For Sale By Owner) seller wants to move forward with your offer—that’s great news! But first, they have asked you to pull comps (comparable sales). Believe it or not, this is something you can use to your advantage. Of course,…
Is Raw Land the Most Underrated Asset of 2023?
Land investing may be the newest way to make cash flow in today’s increasingly difficult housing market. With more and more investors fighting over real estate deals that break even at best, land investors are sitting pretty, with an almost…
Are High Tax Rates Forcing Americans To Move? What Does That Mean For Investors?
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Do Americans really vote with their feet, leaving high-tax states in favor of low-tax states?
While most people don’t move often—and many never leave their home state—we can look at trends and patterns among those…
Leaks, Surprise Rehabs, and the Reality of Buying Your First Rental Property
You don’t need to look very far to find a real estate success story, but it’s not every day that you hear from someone who is currently in the trenches of their very first real estate investment. The truth is that there are all types of…
The Top 10 Best Housing Markets Forecasted For Strong Demand This Decade
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Strong demographics have fueled the U.S. demand for housing over the last several years. As millennials, now the largest generation alive in the country, hit their peak home-buying age, demand for home purchases and…
Is Seattle A Good Market For Real Estate Investing? Here’s The Latest Trends
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Let’s face it, Seattle isn’t about to land itself on any hottest lists of affordable places to invest any time soon. But a lack of bargains doesn’t mean that there aren’t opportunities to be had. For those who own…
Don’t Fall For the “Quick Cash Flow” Properties
You want cash flow, but how do you get it in a housing market with high rates and home prices but low inventory? Or, how do you escape the rent cycle and get into real estate investing? Should you buy your first rental before a primary…
How to Get Into Commercial Real Estate Investing
Learning how to get into commercial real estate investing seems like a challenging task. With so much industry-specific verbiage and vocabulary like cap rates, pro formas, NOI, triple net, and more, a rookie real estate investor can seem…
7 Key Relationships That Will Make You More Money In Any Market
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Let’s face it. It would be tough to become a local expert in every market where you are interested in buying an investment…