You can spend as little as $100 to form an LLC, or you could use an attorney and spend $1,000 or more.

I highly recommend figuring out your car situation prior to being an agent otherwise you'll spend all your time transporting between properties.

Not looking to spend too much money as this deal is amongst trusted family members and I just want to make the transaction legitimate.

People are being more cautious with spending as stimulus money is gone, cards have high balances, many folks are losing their jobs and inflation prices are very high.

Let me explain with example:- Assume I purchase land worth 50K in August 2024, and then hire contractor/architect and spend over 100+ hours discussing the building plans, etc to either construct a SFR home or a Manufactured/Mobile home.- I will also supervise the construction and other related activities (but will NOT build the house myself) .- Let's assume the total cost of construction is 200K (or 150K if it's a manufactured/mobile home).My Question would thus be- Can the STR tax loophole strategy allow me to offset 60% of the 200K amount that I paid towards construction of the home, (or 60% of 150K if it's a Manufactured home)Any success stories with this kind of approach?  

New carpet and assorted repairs. we are hoping to spend more time in Asia the next two years and i am not impressed w PM here due to high costs and low quality considerations.

You do need to send in a check with the extension, the irs provides guidelines for calculating the amount.Real estate investing complicates taxes sufficiently that I have found I save way more than I spend by having a CPA who specializes in real estate investor tax returns.

I told them this: My expertise is in real estate and I want to spend my time there.

Yes, there are a lot of people who spend less than they make and have a surplus.There are others who are inheriting wealth from othersBut there is another subset that we often forget: those who have equity in their homes.Much of the equity has built up due to a runup in home values since 2020, which allows these people to use a HELOC to purchase a home for cash.When rates were low there was a group of people who were using Hard money to purchase and rehab buildings and then refinancing at the end this was the BRRR strategy.Hard Money is not an option these days since the cost of refinancing at the end of the project is too expensive.So when we see people paying cash, it is often pent-up savings and HELOC money that people use, and not as often Hard Money.

She may not want to spend her nights and weekends driving around with investors-- she has been in the business a long time (let's face it we aren't a cushy commission slam dunk) but if you tell her I sent you her way she will definitely give you an industry insider's opinion of who to work with.