The concept of 1031 exchanges sounds good. The idea is that when you sell an investment property, you can buy another investment property of greater or equal value, and tax is deferred into the future. My problem with this is Read more…
Author: malhotraspokane
Financing up to four properties is relatively easy, if you have the income. When you get beyond four, things get a lot trickier. Although Fannie Mae guidelines allow up to 10 financed properties, the reality is that many banks do Read more…
I’ve often been asked by friends if they can be silent partners in my deals. I’ve never accepted for a couple of reasons. One reason is that different people have different exit strategies. I tend to hold long term while Read more…
This map shows gross rental yields by market. I doubt they are considering taxes, vacancy rates, cost of utilities, etc., and the data is crowdsourced so not scientific, but it can give you some rough ideas. I’ve personally invested in Read more…
My first thought when I started investing was that there is more management hassle with two small units than one big unit. On the other hand, with two small units (or a duplex), if one tenant does not pay or Read more…