10 October 2024 | 0 replies
Although there hasn’t been substantial growth in the average year after year, the number does seem to increase continuously.If you own a rental property and, for whatever reason, are going your separate ways with a spouse, make sure you truly pay attention to all of the numbers, especially your total allowable expenses.
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10 October 2024 | 9 replies
If the renovation is considered a repair—addressing the water leak without substantially improving or upgrading the bathroom—you could potentially deduct it in full for 2023, reducing your taxable income immediately.
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8 October 2024 | 4 replies
There are 7 material participation tests and these are the 3 most common for real estate investors AND you need to meet one of them: Spend more than 500 hours on your rental businessDo substantially everything for the rental businessSpend more than 100 hours on the activity and no one other individual spends more time than you doAnother way to offset non-passive income (e.g.
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9 October 2024 | 21 replies
Lenders are lining up to provide down payment, “gap” financing, and earnest money deposit financing so that they, with no experience, no capital, and no knowledge can purchase a property they incorrectly analyzed as a good purchase, for “nothing” down.I agree with all but number 8, which requires some explanation.I am personally aware of a half dozen mentors/gurus that have made substantial amounts of money buying and selling real estate.
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13 October 2024 | 34 replies
There are many other areas where you can get higher rents but the price of entry to the market is substantially higher.
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7 October 2024 | 1 reply
We have completed 17 syndications and manage assets valued at over $500 Millons Aum, we have raised more than 170 million dollars for syndication.With over $500 million in Multi-Family CRE under management (AUM) and passive investments in over 1.6 billion assets under management (AUM), our experience and resources are substantial.
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7 October 2024 | 7 replies
Your participation was substantially all the participation in the activity of all individuals for the tax year, including the participation of individuals who didn’t own any interest in the activity.3.
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6 October 2024 | 2 replies
I've also seen that rents in Puerto Rico provided by the government are substantially less then the states.
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7 October 2024 | 4 replies
It appears I'll need a 1031 exchange to offset substantial capital gains.
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7 October 2024 | 6 replies
@David Willis Hi David,Congratulations on the opportunity to acquire such a substantial SFR portfolio!