Real Estate

Giving property

Hello! My father in law is going to sell his rental condo and give the money to his two sons. I feel like I heard something about an efficient way to do this but I cannot find it now. He'll have capital gains on it, the property has about doubled in value and he has not lived there for two years. Can someone gift a property to their kids and then they can sell it? Or would it be the same tax for him to sell it and then give them the money? He is going to talk to a tax advisor but is still figuri...

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vtorrr

2 minutes ago 3 Share

Best Way To Set Money Aside For Down Payments

What is the recommendation for where to put money for down payments and how much do you keep in cash? I’m wanting to slowly accumulate rental properties (maybe one a year). If my buy box is $200,000 homes and I need $50,000 for a down payment and closing costs, should I keep $50,000 in a high yield savings account and then sell stocks to replenish it when I buy a home? Should I keep a portion of my portfolio in a risk parity allocation and use that to replenish the cash or keep my portfolio grow...

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Borsak

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Is refinancing the right move?

We currently have a 15-year mortgage at 5.125% and looking to start our early retirement in a few months which means we won’t have a w-2 income soon. We want to refinance to a 30-year to lower our monthly payment and we plan to rent out our house during this next phase of early retirement, probably for a couple of years. How low would the rates have to be for us to trigger the refinancing? We are also under a tight timeline since we are planning to quit our jobs in a few months.

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Gabbywang

2 minutes ago 1 Share

Put minimum down on primary residence if you have a 20% down payment?

I recently ran across this idea, and wanted to get some input if people have tried this. We have 20% cash for a down payment, don't currently own a house and are looking to purchase. This idea is to make the minimum down payment of 3.5% or 5% (which theoretically gets you a better interest rate), close, then after some time period pay the rest of the 15% cash towards the loan, and then recast the loan and keep the lower interest rate. This strategy seems to assume a few things (interest rate is...

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AnotherControlsEngineer

2 minutes ago 11 Share

Sell Home and Rent?

Hi everyone! Based on my own personal experience and reading others’ financial analyses of renting versus buying, I believe there are circumstances in which it makes more sense to rent than buy, and my husband and I don’t believe our current house will be our long-term home, so I’m trying to figure out if it makes sense financially to go ahead and sell now and start renting if that’s going to save us money over the long term. Does anyone have suggestions on how to do the math for this? I’m curre...

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mdhershberger32

2 minutes ago 15 Share

Best Place to start for new Mortgage

Buying a new home in the next few months - bought our last home in 2020 (going to miss those rates) and it feels like the mortgage game has changed dramatically - where is the best place to start searching for competitive rates? I used to always start with bankrate, but having trouble seeing jumbo options there. Thanks in advance!

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Blake Behnke

1 month ago 2 Share

Untitled Thread

Hi all, I wanted to see if anyone in the FI community is currently paying their mortgage in bi-weekly installments vs the traditional once per month. I was recently reviewing my mortgage (30 yr and my savings calculator tool indicated I could save $30k in interest payments over the life of the mortgage and reduce my payoff time by 52 months by switching to b-weekly payments. While this sounds like a good deal, I wanted to see if there are any potential pitfalls.

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mattburtonme

1 month ago 12 Share

Untitled Thread

How do asset-backed mortgages (/other lending) work? This seems like it might be a big deal for people who are some flavor of FI, but I don't remember having heard anybody talk about it. Like, I consider myself "BarristaFI," so I'm still making *some* money, but nobody would approve me for a new car loan from it, never mind a mortgage. I'd hate to cash my investments out to buy a house in cash, because I wouldn't want that large a percentage of my net worth to be in my primary residence when I d...

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lindsay

1 month ago 2 Share

Question

Real Estate Attorney

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is doing well!! After much thought and discussion I have decided to rent out my house! For context, my house is in Central California (Los Banos), I purchased it for $452k and currently owe about $396k. Mortgage is $2700 with 3.25% interest. Rent estimators have all been around $2100 to $3000 (the $3k includes the fact that it is newer construction, has solar panels, 3 car garage and a tankless water heater). A local property management company has estimated I’d get ar...

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Rootfifth

1 month ago 4 Share

Home equity for second property

We have about $425K equity on a $625K home that we plan to stay in for decades (with a sub 3% interest rate). Is there a downside to taking out a bunch of that equity to buy a second property for 300-350K? We could also contribute cash. If we rented the second home out, rent may be equal to the mortgage/taxes/insurance. But right now this equity is sitting in our primary residence doing nothing. Eventually one of our kids could move into it as we'll likely be providing financial or housing assis...

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Sunset123

1 month ago 7 Share

Renting to family

Sorry I double posted- I’m experiencing some glitching with my phone. To get to the point- Should I rent my house to family?? I do want to rent my house, but I’m reminded of the adage, “don’t do business with family”. My brother asked if I’d be ok with him and his partner renting my house. If I agree I intend to keep all proper documentation regarding agreements and finances. What are your thoughts??

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Rootfifth

1 month ago 4 Share

Question

I am just entering the real estate market

Hello, my name is Tate, I am 22 and I'm looking at buying my first house. I have 28,000 saved up and I am wondering if anyone has any tips on where to start? Also should I keep adding to my down payment that I have saved or should I start stacking index fund investment money?

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Nord

2 months ago 5 Share

Transaction coordinator side hustle?

Hello! I’m thinking of learning to be a transaction coordinator and I’m curious if anyone here has experience in the field. A real estate agent friend mentioned it as a good side hustle and it seems great, but I’m still working out how to get some basic experience. Does anyone here do TC work? Particularly as their own business instead of in house at a big real estate office? Love to hear how it’s going for you and how you got started!

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megcrow

2 months ago 0 Share

Duplex

Hey all, I have been bouncing back and forth on a real estate decision. I currently own four total properties totaling 16 rental units. They currently bring in about $9,500 monthly. I have an older duplex that is a solid C type property. It has steady rent with medium turnover, but it's not in the best part of town. It's easily my most dated and highest turnover potential property. One side has been remodeled, and one side will need completely remodeled when the tenant moves out. I bought it for...

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JJ

2 months ago 9 Share

Price analysis of rentals?

Any tips? Want to cover all expenses and some for repairs but don’t want to actively manage it like a host.

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pnasri

2 months ago 1 Share

Cost segregation study

How much did you pay for your cost segregation study and how much was the house worth? Just trying to get an idea of what we might have to pay

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chattkis

2 months ago 1 Share

1% Rule

Hi everyone! I am in a bit of a pickle brought on entirely from overthinking… I think. I have a mortgage on a home that is close to 100 miles away from where I work (a minimum 3 hour commute). My girlfriend and I are seriously talking about me moving in with her, she lives much, much closer to where I work. I would very much like to include real estate in my portfolio and I am thinking about renting out my house. As of right now the 1% Rule is a little out of reach for me. My current mortgage is...

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Rootfifth

2 months ago 7 Share

Easy spreadsheet to track two income/expenses for 2 rentals

I have two small houses - one long term and one mid term rental. Looking for a simple solution for: 1. Making sure I track/pay all the monthly, quarterly, and yearly expenses - internet, lawn care, HVAC maintenance, etc. 2. Tracking what I need for tax purposes along the way. Thanks for any insight on making this simple and adequate. Jill

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jmcc

2 months ago 4 Share

New-ish to Mid-Term Rentals

Hi all! I bought a triplex in my area and it's a bit of a house hack. My ultimate goal is to have a space in one of the units for my aging Mom, but in the meantime mid-term rentals seems the way to go. Using mainly the site Furnished Finders. I would love to chat about the site and any hacks to get the best renters, market spaces etc. Unfortunately, I've had a mixed bag. I did learn that the bigger 2 bedroom home didn't get the views or messages than the smaller units... makes sense. But in gene...

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911onFire

2 months ago 1 Share

Sell or Rent?

Hi all, My wife and I discovered FIRE a little late (30 and 28). We bought our first house(condo) just before we started implementing FIRE tactics. Condo was $515,000 at 6.25%. We currently owe $477,000. My benefits I receive cover all housing costs, and my job pays for all our other expenses, which leaves me with just a little bit left over to invest. Luckily, we are able to save and invest most of my wife’s income. I am torn with what to do with the condo. We know it is not our forever home. T...

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AimFI

2 months ago 6 Share