Your going to have to spend $3500-$5500 per residence to put in a septic system for each unit or an expensive sewage treatment plant with annual upkeep...either way it's all wasted money if the city puts in public utilities in 5 years

Further guidance from US Dept of Treasury released on Friday.https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm53...link to PDF at bottom.......In skimming it, here's some notes that are not 'CPA proofed' but what I'm gathering:Seems that a maximum committed time is communicated - in other words, 10 years is the minimum holding time to get the preferrable (0%) capital gains treatment during a sale event - but there's guidance now to indicate that 20 1/2 years is the total time that the treatment (at a minimum) will occur, so as I'm guessing to prevent a future change and not encourage a situation where everyone wants to sell their assets/businesses, etc right when the 10 years kicks inSeems there may only be a 6 month window to place funds / earmark funds as available for an opportunity fund. 

So, unless MA has a special treatment for trusts, I would not employ trusts for the rentals (not alone for sure, but together with an LLC). 

You could also turn it into a halfway house for reforming real estate investors, they need intense 24/7 rehab treatment, so they could live there during recovery! 

Turns out the estimate for a full of the entire basement gut down to the studs with mold removal and encapsulation and duct cleaning and fungicide treatment of HVAC system comes in at around $14K. 

In this instance, you are creating an entity (an LLC) but still obtaining one layer of tax (through the pass-through treatment of gains, losses, income and credit). 

Someone looking to do their first deal won't be receiving the VIP treatment.

Effective treatment is a collaborative process and tenants need to prepare properly to ensure effective treatment. 

Hey everyone - I am looking at a property in Syracuse, NY.  It is a corner lot.  There is a city sidewalk along the perimeter of the yard that is adjacent to the street.  There is also a concrete sidewalk from the fro...

scaling up in the rental business on your own is a lot of work. you also want to preserve that 500k owner occ exemption.. don't lose that .. that's the best tax treatment in the US> I think there are syndicates and other passive investments were professionals can handle the day to day that could be appropriate for this investor..