All Forum Posts by: Jeremy Roberts

That is a good idea, I hate to have to take off every time someone wants to get something installed but hopefully it won't be that often.

Back in August I purchased my first rental property, a four unit brick structure. Things have been going pretty good except one thing. TV and internet installation into the home. There are cables running everywhere on the outside of the structure and I will follow some and then they are just cut off, so those just need to be removed not a big deal.

My real problem here recently is one tenant had Direct TV and HughesNet come out and install cable and internet. Direct TV isn't to bad they just put the dish on the ground and there is a cable running along the grass (probably couldn't bury the cable as the ground was frozen. HughesNet on the other hand drilled two holes going into the unit and just left a real unsightly holes on the outside of the building and on the inside.

HELP!!! Is there a good solution to getting these companies to use the same holes going in and out of the building? Anything I can't have a new hole drilled into the building everytime a new tenant moves in? A side not I should say that the unit is located about 4 miles north of town out in the country so about the only companies that do any kind of installation are the ones with satellite dishes.

Brandon, thanks for the link!

I will take some time to go through it. 

Hello All,

My wife and I purchased our first rental unit, a 4 unit home that sits on 5 acres of ground with some farming rents coming in as well, in August and I love it! With that said this will be my first year doing a tax return owning rental property. I am a big dummy when it comes to taxes my entire adult life I always just thought it best to have someone help me out and try and make sure I didn't screw anything up and also just trying to get everything back that I deserved. 

We have always used the same guy here in our home town and he has been very helpful when I was thinking about purchasing a rental unit of making sure to tell me to keep track of all my miles, receipts, etc. 

My question is, is there anything that maybe my CPA might miss? or something that I should really pay attention to? Just want to make sure that we are doing things right first of all and getting everything that we deserve? 

Any advice would be very helpful, TIA!

Thanks everyone! I will definately start diving in ASAP. 

I guess I really didn't tell much about myself, I work in an insurance/real estate office started studying for my real estate license a while ago but that got put on hold when I wanted to buy a unit. My wife is a school counselor at our local middle school.  

New member saying hello!

From Central Nebraska my wife and I just purchased our first rental unit. A 4 unit apartment just outside of town that sits on 5 acres. 3 of the acres are used to grow hay so that is a nice little side income as well. 

Just stumbled on the community and it looks like there is a lot of good information! Looking forward to soaking everything in!

Thanks for reading!