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24 January 2025 | 16 replies
As such, you qualified for a truly self-directed Solo 401k plan (as long as you don't have any employees working for you).
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19 January 2025 | 5 replies
As long as the rents can cover both the current PITI and proposed P&I payment, credit is at least 680. you should be able to qualify.
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12 January 2025 | 8 replies
Hello all,Has anyone sold a short term rental owned over a year as a non real estate professional that qualified as short term capital gains tax deductions with expenses and depreciation?
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22 January 2025 | 8 replies
If you have your own business/self-employed you might qualify for a Solo 401(k) or multi-participant 401k whereby you can self-direct into real estate with those funds.
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11 January 2025 | 15 replies
If it’s verbal, they’ll need to document any prior communication or payment records to establish the relationship.If the PM is completely unresponsive, they may want to send a formal written demand for communication and payments via certified mail.
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15 January 2025 | 11 replies
Work with a qualified intermediary and tax advisor to ensure compliance and optimize your strategy.
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7 February 2025 | 5 replies
So more Roth for way less in taxable income incurred. doing this is easiest in a Solo 401k if you qualify but can also be done using a checkbook IRA as well. check out this post that @Dmitriy Fomichenko made explaining this concept.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1223601-how-t...
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9 January 2025 | 46 replies
Oregon saw it that way as well.. many folks got cease and desist using guru on line training techniques this just formalizes the activity and levels the playing field and gives both buyers and sellers a mechanism to get out of deals and or have a regulator step in..
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15 January 2025 | 8 replies
I would like to purchase another property so I looked into a heloc and a cash out refinance and it looks like I would qualify for about 75000 max which would be enough to put a down payment on another property and rehab it, but I still haven’t paid myself back from the original property rehab.
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16 January 2025 | 1 reply
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