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31 December 2024 | 22 replies
The "Initial Filing" is extremely important to get this right the 1st time as there are limited safe harbors for mistakes to avoid the penalties.
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14 January 2025 | 28 replies
With training, it's great.Time spent varies from Client to Client, but I'd bet they probably spend ~30min answering our questions and clarifying transactions to close out the year.
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30 December 2024 | 4 replies
(I know a lot of investors who are doing this, but I've been surprised to find out that it's a new concept that others haven't considered.)The more units, the better in this scenario because you can hedge your bets with more units.
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9 January 2025 | 59 replies
Every unit has its own "microsite" of sorts with seperat msg threads and you can't write your own descriptions (which is understandable as they don't have seperate websites for different countries so they write "translation safe" descriptions for you), but still, it's no Airbnb.
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6 January 2025 | 38 replies
I bet people will not be getting paid their dividends very soon.
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2 January 2025 | 18 replies
Its likely there is something on the application and background check that can be used to safely pass on an applicant like this.
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4 January 2025 | 11 replies
I'm not sure if we can like to articles on our own websites here, so to be safe I'll just suggest the IRS web page, which does do a pretty good job of explaining the basics: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc510The main thing to know if you're going to claim business miles is that you do need to keep a log of every business trip.
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28 December 2024 | 23 replies
To confirm my recommendation ask him for references at his current developments, I bet he won’t give you names and will make up an excuse!
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9 January 2025 | 21 replies
Your best bet since your working on your capital are going to be to use low money down hard-money lender.
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26 December 2024 | 4 replies
That really isn't good enough in our opinion.Another option for you is if your property is in a realtively safe area, to install a wi-fi connected smart lock.