Making sure everyone gets a fair shake Need a financial partner, but don’t want to give away your first born? Wondering how much you should expect if you are the money partner? And when you figure out the basic numbers, how do you best structure the deal? The term “Win-Win”…
Have you ever bought a property, planning to rehab, and then changed to tear down and rebuild? Or wondered part way through the project if perhaps you should have? Have you been thinking about a major renovation of a large complex and wondered about managing a million dollar plus budget? Dan Botwinik has been specializing in distressed multi-family acquisition…
Curious about solar energy, either for a rehab, a long term hold property, or even your own house? Wondering how to make it pay, and navigate the labyrinth of energy tax credits? Can you add solar to a rehab and reap additional profit?Stephen Hirsh is the President of Solar Farm Bank, specializing in Renewable Energy…
Have you heard that Dodd Frank will change real estate investing and put you out of business? Are all the scary predictions true? Or is the industry just trying to sell you more books,tapes and courses? As we affectionately refer to it, Dudd Funk became law on January 10, 2014 and there is lots of hype surrounding…
Advanced Business Tools for Real Estate Rehabbers & Landlords – Tips from your Local Chick Ever asked yourself how you can effectively double your IRA contribution per year… while still using it to invest in real estate? What happens to your business when your partner suddenly becomes very ill, or dies?? (Horror story promised!) Come and…
Ever bought a property only to find out later that you don’t own what you think you own? Have you ever put up an expensive fence and then found out you put it on your neighbor’s property? Does your neighbor’s lot line go through the middle of the living room and you don’t even know it? What if you were planning on flipping this…
As a self employed real estate investor, are you wondering how you are going to defer taxes on your income this year? Your IRA allows you to put in up to $6,500 per year depending on age, but that’s not much help. And it’s going to be a long slow road to build up that…
Had to fire your contractor recently? Or did he walk off the job in the middle of it? Or worse yet, did he simply fall off the planet and never return calls? Did you pay for more work than you received? Managing contractors can be the most difficult part of managing a rehab, and sooner…
Buying a foreclosure property from a bank with the previous owner still in the property? You absolutely need to hear this first! Circumstances and precedent in Massachusetts create instances where you can buy a property, not own it, not be able to re-foreclose to get clear title, and not be able to evict the squatters…
Considering a condo conversion project of a multi or a mill building? How about a church? Not sure of all the considerations you need to plan for? You know there are legal requirements and condo docs, but who do you go to? Do you know how to handle phasing? And what about partial…