All Forum Posts by: Don Solt

Hi folks, 

As the topic states I'm looking to learn everything I can about the City of Philadelphia and its real-estate market. I'm looking for someone is willing to spend time with me and maybe teach/talk/travel around the city some. I'd be willing to pay for your time. Also, any guides, info, or direction would be awesome. 

Reason: I signed a new job offer at a nonprofit yesterday and having extensive knowledge of the real-estate market in Philly would be very helpful. I am not buying, selling, investing or anything related to BP.

DM me if interested

Sorry in advance if this has been asked 100 times. I used the search feature but wasn't successful in solving my problem.

My sister-in-law has been living in one of our houses for 2023. She covers the mortgage, that's all. I'm struggling to figure how which way to file on Turbotax (with rental income or without). Obviously I want to minimize my taxes here. On one hand I don't file it as a rental property, on the other hand I file as a rental with the low rental income. Would there be rental expenses I could write off that would more than compensate for the marginal income?

Is there a different way to look at this?

Thanks

With no warning, our property tax tripled this year. This home is our primary residence. We haven't done any major construction other than re-pouring the cement in the basement in in '19 right when we bought the house. 

I have no idea what to do. Can we appeal this?