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6 February 2025 | 9 replies
Hi thereAccording to IRS guidelines, once a property is ready and available for rent, meaning after you completed the renovations. you would be able to deduct expenses. snce this was your main home, the tax accountant you will use will need to do a conversion from personal residence to a rental for depreciation purposes. the improvement you made, depending on what they are, may be added to your basishope this helps
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13 February 2025 | 17 replies
My number one piece of advice is finding a group that you can attend online or in person to keep you motivated and accountable to your goals.
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31 January 2025 | 2 replies
Anyone answering is not responding as a Tax accountant, Insurance expert or as a Financial advisor.
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9 February 2025 | 173 replies
It’s completely passive; the annual return has been around 15% for the past few years.
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20 January 2025 | 4 replies
When you have employees promoting the platform like it is the best platform ever and free accounting services, it was going to go down sooner or later.Pretty sure their other services are going to go down shortly.Baselane is offering assistance I believe, but they are just like Azibo.
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1 February 2025 | 51 replies
You’re in a win win situation no matter what however I guess you would also want to take in account any major cap x repairs that might be coming up soon in the future you might want to avoid paying.
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27 January 2025 | 65 replies
I asked for ad copy and accountability of all adds and money I spent, only to be ignored.
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10 February 2025 | 12 replies
Budget Wisely:Make sure your budget accounts for the purchase price, the cost of the renovations, and any additional charges involved in flipping a house.
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10 February 2025 | 3 replies
Though I am unsure how I would amortize the up front remodeling costs for P&L, tax accounting.2) Interest only loans term loans - Would allow current owner to have cash flow on the property, without eroding the asset value.