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Honestly, if your current home is in good shape, you'd be better off, financially-speaking, not demolishing it.
Your options, as I see it:
Build an extension on your house. This should be significantly cheaper/faster, and this is a common enough thing to do that you shouldn't have trouble getting a loan.
Build the new house, move over, then either sell or ...
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Your literal question is,
How would I get a loan for that?
Ultimately, you'd have to talk to lenders in your area to answer that. I've never heard of a construction loan to cover the exact scenario you're describing (without some additional factors, like subdividing the lot first, or demo'ing the old house first), but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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In the US you can take a standard deduction or itemize your deductions. Mortgage interest and property tax tips the scales in favor of itemizing deductions for many people. So the answer to your question is, it depends. If the sum of your itemized deductions exceeds the standard deduction then you pay less federal income tax by itemizing your deductions. If ...
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Possibly - you can deduct mortgage interest from your federal taxes if you itemize. In order to benefit from itemizing, though, you need have (for 2020) more than $12,400 in deductible expenses, or $24,800 if you are married and file jointly. This is not as common as it was before the recent tax changes, and typically requires either a large mortgage and/or ...
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But if I live in one and rent one out, the bank only considers me
having rental income of $4000. (The bank doesn't consider my rental
expenses, but if I rent my own house out, the bank considers the extra
income).
Actually they will not credit you with rental income of $4000. They will assume that you will sometimes have months where the property is ...
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If the city or county planning-commission will approve the project then the banks can make a construction loan on it. Then after final approval, the construction loan can be converted to a mortgage but the new mortgage must also include the payoff of the other mortgage. Actually, I think the construction loan would have to include payoff of the other ...
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In a comment, you clarified that you were specifically asking about a first house:
I was hoping for a more cohesive overview of what tax elements come into play for a new homeowner
At the federal level, there are no tax benefits to buying your first house. You get the same benefits as anyone else who owns a house with a mortgage. This has been a change ...
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This depends on the taxation laws, but generally:
If you have invented a trick to avoid taxes, it may be considered inappropriate by the tax authorities. Where I live, this goes as far as this: if you sell a stock and immediately buy it back to optimize your taxation, they won't accept it.
Even still, taxation is typically applied to all gains: income and ...
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Some points:
When the company offers you a match, not contributing to your 401(k) is -- in no uncertain terms -- a pay cut.
If this is your first home purchase then you'll be able to exclude $10K from the 10% penalty you'll pay on the 401(K) withdrawal.
You'll have to pay income tax on the whole value of your 401(k). Thus, put aside 20-25% of the value of ...
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I don't think so, but I would check with an accountant to make sure. You will probably also want to consult with an attorney to draw up a proper lease.
Some may say that this is totally avoiding taxes, but it isn't. When you go to sell the property, your cost basis will be less and therefore you will potentially have to pay more taxes then if you had ...
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The appraisal determines how much the bank is willing to loan you (and what interest rate it will charge you. If you are buying a house for $250K with 20% down payment and wanting a mortgage of $200K, but the appraisal is $220K only, the bank won’t want to loan you more than $176K (or maybe $198K and charge you more interest since it would be a 10% down loan ...
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The first question about your plan is: are you allowed to? If you live in a community with a home owners association (HOA) or something similar, you may have to go thorough an approval process. If you skip the approval process, they may make you remove it. It can even be discovered just a few days before settlement when the HOA does an inspection.
The ...
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No. No need. This is simply you buying the house at a lower price because it is worth less. It is worth less because it has an intractable tenant that you cannot remove for 1-3 years, and cannot collect rent from, because of a previous landlord-tenant commitment that comes bundled with the property.
It would be exactly the same as if I owned a real ...
answered Nov 19 at 21:08
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Past returns are past, future returns are future.
I have no experience in Indian real estate market, but I should mention that any CAGR should take into account inflation. Stocks yield about 6% above inflation. If inflation has been on average at 14-24%, that explains the origin of the high CAGR in real estate.
Also, how much time has your father spent in ...
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Any nonrecourse loan is in some sense a hedge against the collateral decreasing in value. "Nonrecourse" means that if you default, they can't take anything other than the collateral. For instance, if you have a $500k house with a $400k nonrecourse mortgage, and the price of the house drops $150k, you're out the first $100k, but you can walk away from the ...
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A proper appraisal is not usually done by a realtor, but realtors should know their markets and how to research.
Apartments/condos/townhouses are usually much easier to price than single-family houses because there are many comparable units in a relatively small area that can be used to get a good ballpark estimate. Starting with the comparable units you ...
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The buyers and sellers are represented at the walk though. The person who represents each side has to have the power to address any issues. If there is a surprise that has to be addressed, then delays while getting permission will impact the closing. Not all buyers and not all sellers must be there, but both sides need to be represented. Frequently the real ...
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Usually, it's the buyer and the representative of the seller (either a realtor, lawyer or a title company). The seller can choose to participate, if so inclined.
I'd add that there may be different requirements in different states.
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How do I (and real-estate investors and people considering buying in
general) proceed in coming down to a conclusion without attempting to
low-ball the seller or aim to high, with such different ranges in
hand?
You are essentially trying to mimic what a seller does. Before they list the house on the market they ask several agents to prepare a ...
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I would see if there is an official open register where you can check the taxation value of the real estate. In The Netherlands you can check https://www.wozwaardeloket.nl/index.jsp and get for every address the taxation value of the real estate. Although the market value is often slightly higher than the value listed in the register, it gives you an ...
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