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[ { "role": "user", "content": "When do you pay tax on the profit from the appreciation of a real estate property?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tax-deferred compounding of value: In real estate investing, the appreciation of your properties compounds tax-deferred during your years of own...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are some examples of expenses that you should expect to incur when you own investment real estate?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Regular cash flow: If you have property that you rent out, you have money coming in every month in the form of rents. Some ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is one expense you can claim for income tax purposes that is not an out-of-pocket cost?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reduced income tax bills: For income tax purposes, you also get to claim an expense that isn’t really an out-of-pocket cost — deprecia...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What can happen to your monthly operating profit in the early years of rental property ownership if you do not make a large down payment?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Upfront operating profit challenges: Unless you make a large down payment, your monthly o...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why do most people who make money investing in real estate succeed?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ups and downs: You’re not going to earn an 8 to 10 percent return every year. Although you have the potential for significant profits, owning real estate isn’t...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What percentage of a property's purchase price do buying and selling costs typically amount to?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Relatively high transaction costs: If you buy a property and then want out a year or two later, you may find that even though it ha...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What should you consider the most important figure when evaluating real estate investment profits?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tax implications: Last, but not least, when you make a profit on your real estate investment, the federal and state governments ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the average annual return on real estate investment trusts (REITs)?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Clearly, a major reason that many people invest in real estate is for the healthy total returns (which include ongoing profits and the appreciation of ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What percentage of a property's value can you typically borrow (finance) when investing in real estate?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Real estate is different from most other investments in that you can typically borrow (finance) up to 70 to 80 percent or m...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "How can you greatly reduce and minimize your risk when investing in real estate?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Real estate doesn’t always rise in value — witness the decline occurring in most parts of the U.S. during the late 2000 s. That said, market value...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why is real estate considered relatively illiquid compared to stocks or bank account withdrawals?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Liquidity — the ease and cost with which you can sell and get your money out of an investment — is one of real estate’s shortcomi...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is one example of a simple, low-cost real estate investment option?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Although you can easily get started with traditional investments such as stocks and mutual funds with a few hundred or thousand dollars, the vast majority...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is an advantage of holding investment real estate regarding how its value relates to other investments like stocks?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "An advantage of holding investment real estate is that its value doesn’t necessarily move in tandem with o...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why is it more difficult to find bargains in the stock market than in the private real estate market?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Although you may not know much about investing in the stock market, you may have some good ideas about how to improve a prope...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Under current tax laws, over how many years is residential real estate depreciated?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Owning a property has much in common with owning your own small business. Every year, you account for your income and expenses on a tax return....
[ { "role": "user", "content": "How can you avoid paying tax on the profit when you sell a rental property?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "When you sell a stock or mutual fund investment that you hold outside a retirement account, you must pay tax on your profits. By contrast, you can avoi...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "How does using an installment sale affect when you pay capital gains tax on an investment property?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Installment sales are a complex method that can be used to defer your tax bill when you sell an investment property at a profit...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What types of properties can you invest in and upgrade to gain special tax credits?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If you invest in and upgrade low-income housing or certified historic buildings, you can gain special tax credits. The credits represent a dire...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why might real estate investing be unsuitable for someone with work and family responsibilities?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Purchasing and owning investment real estate and being a landlord is time consuming. If you fail to do your homework before purcha...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What should you do at a minimum if you own rental property and every little problem causes you distress?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Challenges and problems inevitably occur when you try to buy a property. Purchase negotiations can be stressful and frustr...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What can be cultivated if you do not already possess it?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "In our experience, some of the best real estate investors have a curiosity and interest in real estate. If you don’t already possess it, such an interest and curiosity ca...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What should you do before buying investment real estate to ensure your fiscal house is in order?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Real estate investing isn’t for the faint of heart. Buying and holding real estate is a whole lot of fun when prices and rents are...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What action should you take before you set out to invest in real estate?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If you’re trying to improve your physical fitness by exercising, you may find that eating lots of junk food and smoking are barriers to your goal. Likewis...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What must you have regardless of your real estate investment desires and decisions?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Regardless of your real estate investment desires and decisions, you absolutely must have comprehensive insurance for yourself and your major a...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the purpose of major medical health insurance coverage?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Health insurance: Major medical coverage protects you from financial ruin if you have a big accident or illness that requires significant hospital and other medica...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What does disability insurance replace if you are unable to work for an extended period due to an illness or injury?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Disability insurance: For most working people, their biggest asset is their future income-earning ability. Dis...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What can term life insurance help to replace if you pass away?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Life insurance: If loved ones are financially dependent upon you, term life insurance, which provides a lump sum death benefit, can help to replace your employment ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are two benefits provided by homeowner’s insurance?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Homeowner’s insurance: Not only do you want homeowner’s insurance to protect you against the financial cost due to a fire or other home-damaging catastrophe, but such cov...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What does auto insurance provide in addition to insuring a valuable asset?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Auto insurance: This coverage is similar to homeowner’s coverage in that it insures a valuable asset and also provides liability insurance should you be...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is excess liability (umbrella) insurance?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Excess liability (umbrella) insurance: This relatively inexpensive coverage, available in million dollar increments, adds on to the modest liability protection offered on your home...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What immediate tax benefit do you receive when you contribute to retirement accounts?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If you’re not taking advantage of your retirement accounts (such as 401(k)s, 403(b)s, SEP-IRAs, and Keoghs), you may be missing out on some t...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What simple calculation can you use to determine the percentage of your long-term money that should be invested in ownership investments for appreciation?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "With money that you invest for the longer-term, you should have an overa...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What does Robert advise business owners to do regarding the buildings their businesses occupy?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Many real estate investors are actually involved in other activities as their primary source of income. Ironically, many of these bu...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why is residential income property considered an attractive real estate investment for many people compared to other types of property?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Keeping your investments close to home Looking at residential properties Getting to know co...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the maximum amount of tax-free capital gain that a married couple filing jointly can realize when selling their home under current tax law?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "During your adult life, you’re going to need a roof over your head for many dec...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are two positive aspects of turning your current home into a rental property?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Turning your current home into a rental property when you move is a simple way to buy and own more properties. This approach is an option if you...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "How long must you move into a fixer-upper home to earn the full homeowner’s capital gains exemption?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Serial home selling is a variation on the tried-and-true real estate investment strategy of investing in well-located fixer-up...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "For most people, is buying a vacation home considered more of a consumption decision or an investment decision?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Many people of means expand their real estate holdings by purchasing a vacation home — a home in an area where they...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are some of the costs associated with owning a second home?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Expenses: With a second home, you have the range of nearly all of the costs of a primary home — mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, maintenance, utiliti...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is an example of a problem that can occur at a vacation home when it is left unattended?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Property management: When you’re not at your vacation home, things can go wrong. A pipe can burst, for example, and the mess may not ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the main reason that most people do not receive rental income from their vacation homes?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Lack of rental income: Most people don’t rent out their vacation homes, thus negating the investment property income stream that c...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "How many days a year can you rent out your vacation home before the income becomes taxable?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Obligation to use: Some second homeowners we know complain about feeling forced to use their vacation homes. Oftentimes in marriages, o...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are the three primary options for timeshare ownership?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Timeshares are packaged in a multitude of ways — some resorts offer fixed units where you vacation at the exact same unit every year either on set dates or set numbere...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is fee simple ownership?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Fee simple ownership is an estate in real estate that provides the absolute ownership subject to state and local laws and government powers such as taxation, eminent domain, police power, and so on...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the definition of a right-to-use agreement in the context of timeshares?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Right-to-use are occupancy rights for a given number of years but no actual ownership interest in the property. Some states and many foreign count...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What three forms of attached housing are discussed in the text?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "As the cost of land has climbed over the decades in many areas, packing more housing units that are attached into a given plot of land keeps housing somewhat more ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What does a person actually purchase when they buy a condominium?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Condominiums are typically apartment-style units stacked on top of and/or beside one another and sold to individual owners. When you purchase a condominium, you’...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are townhomes, as described in the text?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Townhomes are essentially attached or row homes — a hybrid between a typical airspace-only condominium and a single-family house. Like condominiums, townhomes are generally attached...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What do you own when you buy a co-operative?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Co-operatives are a type of shared housing that has elements in common with apartments and condos. When you buy a cooperative, you own a stock certificate that represents your share ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are the two potential financial benefits of owning an apartment building mentioned in the text?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Not only do apartment buildings generally enjoy healthy long-term appreciation potential, but they also often produce positive...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why can you obtain more favorable financing options and terms for apartment buildings that have four or fewer units?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Four or fewer units: You can obtain more favorable financing options and terms for apartment buildings that ha...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "How are properties with five or more units classified and treated in terms of loan terms?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Five or more units: Complexes with five or more units are treated as commercial property and don’t enjoy the extremely favorable loan ter...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why does land require ongoing cash even if it produces little or no income?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Care and feeding: Land requires ongoing cash to pay the property taxes and liability insurance, and to keep the land clear and free of debris while it ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is an opportunity cost of purchasing land with cash?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Opportunity costs: Investing in land is a cash drain, and of course, purchasing the land in the first place costs money. If you buy the land with cash, you have the oppo...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why do mortgage lenders require higher down payments and charge higher fees and interest rates for land purchase loans?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Costly mortgages: Mortgage lenders require much higher down payments and charge higher loan fees and intere...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the current cost of the \"mitigation fee\" per acre required to develop more than 2 acres of land on Robert's property?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Robert owned raw land for many years in an area where a recent government action effectively downzo...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What types of areas should you ideally look for when buying land?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Do your homework. Ideally, you want to buy land in an area that’s attracting rapidly expanding companies and that has a shortage of housing and developable land....
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are ongoing ownership expenses such as property taxes referred to as in the text?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Know all the costs. Tally up your annual carrying costs (ongoing ownership expenses such as property taxes) so that you can see what your an...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are some examples of land improvements that cost money?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Determine what improvements the land may need. Running utility, water, and sewer lines; building roads; landscaping; and so on all cost money. If you plan to develop ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why should you never purchase land without thoroughly understanding its zoning status and environmental limitations?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Understand the zoning and environmental issues. The value of land is heavily dependent on what you can develop...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What does the term foreclosure describe?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The term foreclosure actually describes a process by which a lender takes title to a property on which a loan is in default. The two most common highrisk mistakes homeowners make that le...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is an example of homeowners who are \"living on the edge\" regarding their mortgage payments?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Failing to make the mortgage payments as required: For example, homeowners who overstretched and bought their homes using up to ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What was the effect of lenders promoting 110 to 120 percent loans during the early to mid-2000s?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Borrowing too much when refinancing: Low interest rates combined with the tremendous increase in real estate values in most parts ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are two examples of ways owners fail to meet other loan requirements?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Owners fail to meet other loan requirements. Examples include not maintaining proper insurance coverage or not keeping the property in good physical con...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why are absentee owners unable to effectively manage their property?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Absentee owners are unable to effectively manage the property. Good property managers regularly visit and inspect their properties. This level of involvement ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why do some property owners choose to walk away from their properties, resulting in foreclosure?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Owners walk away from serious problems. Some properties fall into foreclosure because the property has serious and irreversible pr...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are the three most popular piggyback loan programs mentioned in the text?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Leading up to the mortgage crisis of 2008, lenders often pushed borrowers toward piggyback loans, which are two or more loans (usually from differen...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In a deed of trust state, who holds the property title when a loan is placed?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "state: When a loan is placed in a deed of trust state, the property title is held in the name of a third party or trustee. If the loan payments aren’...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are federal, state, and local legislators and courts doing to help borrowers avoid foreclosure?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Be sure to check that you have the latest information on federal, state, and even local efforts by legislators and courts that...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In a mortgage state, what process must a mortgage holder pursue if a mortgage goes into default?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mortgage state: In a mortgage state, no trustee or third party is named. When a mortgage goes into default for nonpayment or other...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What event triggers the legal foreclosure process?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Every potential foreclosure begins when the owner misses a payment on her debt service or is notified in writing by the lender that a condition or term of her loan isn’t being ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the main difference between foreclosure processes in different states?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Although the foreclosure process varies from state to state, the main difference is whether the loan is secured with a mortgage that requires a judi...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the typical time frame for the judicial foreclosure process?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Judicial foreclosure: In a judicial foreclosure, the lender files a lawsuit against the borrower to get the property. Like any other lawsuit, it begins with t...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What three parties are involved in the original loan agreement for a deed of trust?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nonjudicial foreclosure: In a nonjudicial foreclosure state, lenders are allowed to foreclose without a lawsuit, using the power of sale provis...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What must a borrower pay to redeem her property during the redemption period?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Some states allow the borrower the right to redeem her property after the sale during a redemption period in which she can pay the full amount owed, ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why is the real estate owned (REO) department the entity that handles the sale of the majority of foreclosed properties?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Because titles to the majority of foreclosed properties end up with the lender, you may find that your nex...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the \"pillow test\" that Robert uses to guide his conscience?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "One of the most difficult moral dilemmas facing real estate investors is the ethics of negotiating with an owner facing a foreclosure. Are you helping her or...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Through which organization must real estate agents be approved in order to list FHA and VA repossessed properties for sale?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Government agencies such as the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Department of Veterans Aff...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the definition of being \"upside down\" in the context of home ownership?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "With the advent of subprime and zero-down-payment loans in the mid-2000 s, combined with the decline in home values, many owners found that they ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are two financial requirements an investor must meet when purchasing a property at a foreclosure auction?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Many real estate investors find that buying foreclosures or REO properties can be challenging. With foreclosures, th...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the main problem with identifying potential short-sale properties?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The concept sounds much easier than it is to actually execute. The main problem is trying to identify the properties where the owner of the property is ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What specific documents must be included in the short sale package sent to a lender?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "In addition to the difficulty inherent in finding an opportunity for a short sale, you may also have a difficult time convincing the lender to...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the minimum percentage by which an offer generally must exceed an existing offer to exercise the right to overbid on a probate sale?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Even more reliable than taxes, death creates opportunities for the purchase of good re...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are two types of real estate investment trusts (REITs) mentioned in the text?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Researching real estate investment trusts (REITs) Considering tenants in common realty investments Exploring triple net properties Understanding...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What are investors encouraged to ask for in relation to the REIT, its advisors, and the management companies?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "We recommend that investors not be shy about asking for full disclosure of the relationship between the REIT, its adv...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "On which platforms do public REITs trade every business day?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Liquidity: Public REITs trade every business day on a stock exchange and thus offer investors the ability to buy and sell as they please. Of course, as with other sim...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What portion of a public company's directors must be independent of its management?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Independent board of directors: A public company must have directors, the majority of whom are independent of its management. Shareholders vote...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "How often must public REITs file comprehensive financial reports?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Financial reporting: Public REITs, like other public companies, must file comprehensive financial reports quarterly. We recommend that you stay away from private...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What percentage of their net income are REITs legally required to distribute to shareholders?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "So what about performance? Over the long term, REITs have produced total returns comparable to stocks in general. In fact, over the p...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is one potential drawback mentioned regarding the rates of return provided by TIC sponsors?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Be aware that TIC sponsors often provide attractive teaser rates of return that are guaranteed only for the first couple of years....
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Who receives a commission or spread from the TIC investment?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Who’s receiving commissions and how much? The TIC sponsor receives a commission or spread right off the top, plus the investment advisors (broker) who refer their cli...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "How soon after acquiring a property do many TIC investors resell them?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Was the offered property recently acquired and at what price? Many TIC investors purchase the properties and then resell them within days or months at full ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the question being asked regarding how much of a net investment is actually invested in the property after everyone has been paid?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How much of my net investment is actually invested in the property? At the end of the da...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What do many TIC sponsors use as a hook to entice new investors?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What’s the amount and timing of the cash distributions? If based on a certain percentage rather than actual operating results, are the distributions guaranteed, a...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What do most TIC sponsors have that handle the day-to-day management of properties?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What are the charges for property and asset management? Most TIC sponsors have affiliated property management firms that handle the day-to-day ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Why are many investors attracted to triple net properties?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "or loan program? Currently, there’s no viable secondary market for TIC investments, so you’re at the mercy of the TIC sponsor or possibly another investor who’d be will...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What did Congress do in 1986 regarding the tax treatment of real estate investment losses?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Limited partnerships have been available for many years. Prior to the extensive overhaul of the federal taxation of real estate investme...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the reality concerning properties where the seller pays the buyer to take the property off their hands?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Debunking no-money-down strategies Choosing the best fast-money strategy Uncovering those buy-and-flip properties h...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "What is a motivated seller?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The concept of buying real estate without using any of your own money is clearly dependent on finding an extremely motivated seller. A motivated seller is one who faces circumstances that don’t allow...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "When did the popularity of no-money-down investing peak?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The popularity of no-money-down investing peaked in the early-1980 s when most real estate loans were assumable — the buyer of the property essentially took over or assum...