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When Multifamily Syndication Returns Fail: What We Can Learn
When Multifamily Syndication Returns Fail: What We Can Learn Multifamily syndication returns come from three places: a preferred return paid from rental income, a share of the profits when the property sells, and tax benefits like depreciation. Right now, many apartment deals bought in 2021 aren’t hitting their projected returns, and some are losing money.…
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What to Ask a Financial Advisor Before Hiring
What to Ask a Financial Advisor Before Hiring If you’re wondering what to ask a financial advisor, start with three key questions: Are you a fiduciary 100% of the time? How exactly do you get paid? What will I pay in total each year? Those answers tell you whose best interest the advisor is really…
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How Long Do Mobile Homes Last? Lifespan, Durability, Value
How Long Do Mobile Homes Last? Lifespan, Durability, Value A mobile home built after 1976 and kept up on a regular schedule will usually last somewhere between 45 and 55 years, and plenty of them go longer than that. The ones built before 1976 tend to top out around 30 to 40 years, because they…
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How Much Does It Cost to Move a Mobile Home? Price Guide
How Much Does It Cost to Move a Mobile Home? Price Guide Moving a mobile home usually runs somewhere between $3,000 and $20,000, and the two things that move that number the most are the size of your home and how far it’s going. A single wide going a short distance lands near the bottom…
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7 Ways to Reduce Taxable Income for High Earners
7 Ways to Reduce Taxable Income for High Earners If you want to reduce taxable income as a high earner, the short answer is to stack several legal strategies instead of hunting for one magic move. That means maxing out every retirement account you qualify for, using a health savings account, running legitimate business deductions,…
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How Much Money To Retire At 50: Here’s The Real Math
How Much Money To Retire At 50: Here’s The Real Math Most calculators will tell you that to retire at 50, you need somewhere between 25 and 30 times your annual expenses saved up, so if you spend $144,000 a year, that’s roughly $3.6 million to $4.3 million sitting in your investment portfolio. That’s the…
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Disability Insurance For Physicians: What Doctors Need To Know
Disability Insurance For Physicians: What Doctors Need To Know Disability insurance for physicians is a policy that replaces a portion of your income if a medical condition keeps you from practicing in your medical specialty. The good ones pay out based on whether you can still do your job, not whether you could theoretically go…
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How to Avoid Capital Gains Tax on Real Estate Sales
How to Avoid Capital Gains Tax on Real Estate Sales If you want to know how to avoid capital gains tax on real estate, the short answer is that you use the tax code the way it was written, which means the primary residence exclusion if it’s your home, a 1031 like-kind exchange if it’s…
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How Much Does a Dentist Make a Year on Average in the US?
How Much Does a Dentist Make a Year on Average in the US? The average dentist in the United States makes somewhere between $165,000 and $180,000 a year according to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and that number swings hard in both directions depending on your years of experience,…
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The 5 Laws of Money Nobody Taught Me in Dental School
The 5 Laws of Money Nobody Taught Me in Dental School The five laws of money are the principles that sit underneath the usual financial rules, and they explain why so many high earners can follow every rule perfectly and still feel stuck. They are: money loves speed, but wealth loves time cash flow keeps…
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Mobile Home Park Investments: The Passive Income Secret
Mobile Home Park Investments: The Passive Income Secret Mobile home park investments are one of the most stable sectors in commercial real estate, and almost nobody talks about them. Residents own their homes but rent the land underneath, which creates steady cash flow, low turnover, and recession-resilient demand that apartments and single-family homes can’t match. I…
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When Do Dentists Retire? The Average Age Keeps Rising
When Do Dentists Retire? The Average Age Keeps Rising Most dentists retire around age 68.7, according to the latest data from the ADA Health Policy Institute. That’s nearly seven years later than the average American, who steps away around 62, and the number has been climbing for over two decades. In this article, I’ll show…
