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12 January 2025 | 2 replies
welcome, would love to connect and network. congrats on the move
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31 January 2025 | 11 replies
But mostly the loan, the insurance and the property taxes.
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14 January 2025 | 11 replies
@Brittany Myrick Welcome to the New England area!
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30 January 2025 | 1 reply
I'm here in the Tampa Florida area too...
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22 January 2025 | 25 replies
According to what I have read straight from the IRS website and other places, we need to either meet 500 hours, or at least 100 hours and also work more than anyone else on the property.
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4 February 2025 | 8 replies
Happy to talk through this in more detail and good luck with the out of state investing!
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6 January 2025 | 1 reply
Please read the rules here.
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31 January 2025 | 0 replies
Newbie here...does anyone use it, whats your thoughts?
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3 February 2025 | 3 replies
I always love to see the positive attitude - that's half the battle.
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19 January 2025 | 9 replies
Maybe the biggest "risk" might be the fact that you cannot occupy the property at all so technically if you run into hard times and need to move into the property thats not intended - but no real more risk.