Patrick Pan
How to find concealed eviction records
31 December 2024 | 17 replies
Does physically going to downtown reveal more info than the Cook County Circuit court website?
Maria Jeanette
Advise on leveraging a Self-directed IRA to purchase real estate
9 December 2024 | 11 replies
@Maria Jeanette Educate yourself on the difference between Checkbook IRA and Custodial IRA.
Michael Florkowski
Union Carpenter getting started in the world of real estate!
27 December 2024 | 8 replies
I have been a Union carpenter for four years now and enjoy working physical labor.
Kar Sun
Tenant insurance underwritten with landlords name
4 January 2025 | 5 replies
You aren't the insured in this case.Renters insurance does not cover the physical damage of the real property - it covers the tenants personal property and other things.
Alexandre Boustany
Digitizing a Small Real Estate Business
12 December 2024 | 2 replies
Scanning and Digitizing Physical DocumentsAbility to easily scan all physical documentation (previous data and present data)6.
Margaret Lewis
Tax Deeds in Texas
17 December 2024 | 5 replies
I look for liens that will be removed or that may stay, ownership history, platting, zoning, exit strategies, cost & profit analyses, and above all else; I physically look over the property.
Melanie Baldridge
Bonus depreciation ?
16 December 2024 | 0 replies
Bonus depreciation is just a special part of the US tax code.It allows you to take accelerated depreciation on portions of your property depending on when an asset is put into service.At the time of this writing, you can write off a huge portion (60% in 2024) of many qualified components that have a useful lifespan of 15 years or less.That means a certain percentage of things like landscaping, sidewalks, latches, appliances, fences, certain flooring, etc is depreciable in year 1.The bonus depreciation rate percentage changes yearly depending on the administration and the tax code.For years 2015 through 2017 first-year depreciation for all the items on a 15-year schedule or less was set to 50%.It was scheduled to go down to 40% in 2018 and 30% in 2019 and then 0% in 2020.But then Trump got elected, and he enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.That moved the bonus depreciation percentage to 100% from 2017 to 2022.In 2023 it went down to 80% and it’s currently at 60%.Depending on who gets elected again, 100% may be back on the table.Only time will tell.We know that the US government wants to incentivize more development and ownership of RE.They want Americans to continue to build and maintain our physical world.That’s why real estate is one of the most tax-advantaged assets in the US.Depreciation and bonus depreciation for RE are very positive and will likely continue in the years ahead.
William F.
Open reviews on land investing programs
17 December 2024 | 13 replies
Financing- build a relationship with a regional banker, don’t shop for interest rates, start small and build history and loyalty they are your team, Cross collateralize, deposit CD/MM or custodial account with bank for loan, give them monthly updates, nail your deal analysis, do stress tests on your deal analysis-cost/interest rate/deal length/ sale price etc. 12.
Eric Chappell
Has anyone use Rental Hero for bookkeeping?
16 December 2024 | 35 replies
This is an old thread and I don't have an opinion on Rent Hero (except that maybe this business name feels a little dated and pigeon holes them)For tracking receipts Real Estate Investors often think they need physical receipts for every single tax deduction.
Shaun Palmer
North Carolina - Security Deposit Trust Accounts
22 December 2024 | 14 replies
You must keep the tenants security deposit at a bank that physically operates a branch office in the State of NC.