As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I missed out on a lot of potential savings when I purchased my first home. It was a foreclosure, but a bank owned one at the time. I missed out on the opportunity to purchase this home when it was at the Sheriff Sale for a …
Yearly Archive: 2007
Nov
10
How to Convert to a Primary Residence after a 1031 Exchange
There are many advantages to investing in real estate. One of the major ways to take advantage of your investments it to utilize the 1031 tax free exchange. I had know about this tax advantage well before I started investing in real estate, however I did not know about many of the details until I ran across an article by Jeanette Joy Fisher, which explained some of the details around time lines that you must follow as well as the types of properties that can be involved. It also details one cool loophole that allows you to purchase your primary residence with this tax exchange.
Oct
10
Got Fleas???
After evicting my first tenants, I spent many hours in the apartment cleaning, painting, and repairing. But now that I can look back on it, there is at least one other thing that I wished I would have done…