You can always ask your tax pro if you're unsure.To give you an idea, I built an extensive flow chart for our bookkeeping team to help decide if something should be capitalized or deducted for a rental property and this became our SOP for capitalizing vs deducting.

The students pay their own utilities.

CAR met with them last week and are attempting to get an extension till April but no word on that yet.

I'd love to know if anyone has utilized their self directed IRA or solo 401K to buy and hold rental properties? 

(Turn-Key- meaning, they don’t have to deal with Tenants, Toilets, or Trash)In other words, all they have to do is close on the carefully vetted properties we bring to them.We provide property management, title, attorney and Insurance.We even screen tenants, deal with the various gov’t programs and provide a 3 month rent credit on the HUD.You’d see a firm that believes in keeping all investors continually “in the know” about their investments.And if that’s what you see, you’d be partially correct.But by taking a deeper look, you’d see that we’re much more than that…People choose us based on four main criteria…✅ Relationships✅ Accountability✅ Integrity✅ TransparencyIt’s about operating with integrity to build trusting relationships, being transparent with both successes and failures, and taking ownership through accountability…Focusing on taking care of our greatest asset, which is the people who choose to align with us.We want them to be able to lie down at night and sleep like a babies because they know we have their best interest in mind and always working to proactively solve any issue that may arise.To be 100% hands-off, while enjoying the passive income that hits their bank account every month.Just as sure as the sun rises…To the tune of double-digit net caps WITH equity.We conduct extensive research to know which markets present the biggest opportunities, which reduces risk and maximizes upside.And the best part?

Im in Ohio and in Wisconsin I was curious on how was the process for  investors who has had to utilize a company or just how the overall process went. 

., MINUS Holding Fee paid.3) Utility Transfer: we require proof they've put all applicable utilities in their name.4) We do send them a copy of the lease to review.Once all above done, we send lease to sign electronically.

This is my first extensively water damaged home that I may purchase.

For my calculation, I've assumed $1200/yr utility paymentsSeller is asking for $5,25k, but according to my calculating a fair price at 7.5% cap rate woud be $4,80k.What do you guys think?

- The utilities.