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31 December 2024 | 13 replies
Write in detail any last steps (like site cleanup or payment) that need to be completed.
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19 December 2024 | 7 replies
Should I do a longer write up on it/other deals i've done?
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25 January 2025 | 155 replies
Quote from @Ryan Hakes: @Jay Hinrichs Incidentally I heard about this from an ad on Facebook so came here for explanations and comments as the ad was clearly intentionally ambiguous and designed to put you into a marketing funnel.Incidentally, it's perfectly acceptable to write into an agreement that earnest money shall be due 3-5 banking days after acceptance which is enough time to use your end buyers non-refundable deposit (except for free/clear title).
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19 January 2025 | 354 replies
@Jason MonacoQuestion for your cpa but if you were to write it off and did get something then you would have to claim that as income so probably best to follow whatever they give you for a k-1Did they give out k-1’s last year?
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27 December 2024 | 34 replies
I do not know him, but the path he is leading you is a difficult path Note difficult does not imply impossible; there are people who are successful with S8 housing In my area s8 is so undesirable that they write laws trying to make it challenging to not allow S8 tenants.
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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.
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21 December 2024 | 6 replies
You should always protect your position, make sure everything is in writing, and don’t hesitate to explore the full value of your deals by marketing to other buyers.
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20 December 2024 | 9 replies
If you operated a business, even without an LLC, you may potentially be able to write off certain expenses.
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18 December 2024 | 2 replies
Whoever they are dealing with also dropped the ball and the buyers are full of something-everything was in writing and if they signed off removing the financing clause, they are on the hook to buy.
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1 January 2025 | 26 replies
I'm also writing a book on creative financing and have a good deal of experience in the trenches.