Christopher R.
Homeowners Insurance/Landlord insurance/Umbrella insurance
23 January 2025 | 15 replies
Deductible: This is not a coverage but rather your portion of a claim.
Eli Jerman
Taxes for 2024 - First rental property purchases in August 2024
31 January 2025 | 11 replies
A good real estate accountant can save you thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend finding an accountant specializing in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.Consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for an accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.
Katie Miller
If you use a CPA or Tax Professional, how did you find him or her?
31 January 2025 | 121 replies
The sponsor is likely suggesting that your monthly cash-flow will be shielded by depreciation and you will likely see your 'tax hit' when the syndication disolves which in industry standards is likely 5 to 7 years.
Bruce D. Kowal
Cost Segregation Studies: The Hidden Passive Activity Loss Trap 🏢
31 January 2025 | 7 replies
If you're earning primarily W-2 wages, interest, or dividends, those attractive depreciation deductions from your cost segregation study will be suspended.Think about it this way: You might spend $10,000-$15,000 on a cost segregation study, expecting immediate tax savings, only to find those deductions suspended indefinitely.Does this mean cost segregation studies are worthless?
John Chapman
Reporting loss from a rental property fire and the insurance proceeds
6 February 2025 | 10 replies
If you spend the entire $300k restoring the property, then here is the end result:- deductible casualty loss of $50k- no current tax- the restored property has $0 basis and cannot be depreciated- when it is later sold, the entire sale price is taxableMechanics and reporting are tricky, and I would not recommend to DIY it, especially since my scenario is over-simplified, and your real scenario is likely to involve more gotchas.Thanks so much.Â
Juan Perez
Turning a Primary Residence into a Rental
4 February 2025 | 7 replies
Remodeling costs increase the property’s basis, while post-rental repairs are deductible expenses in the year incurred.An LLC isn’t necessary for a single rental but can provide liability protection as your portfolio grows.
John Zhang
Is there a dollar limit on how much we can use real estate depreciation to offset W2
30 January 2025 | 4 replies
Additionally, high-income earners with modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) over $250,000 (married filing jointly) may be subject to the 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT).For 2025, bonus depreciation is at 40%, so consider leveraging it for eligible property assets like appliances or fixtures to accelerate deductions.
Nic A.
Sell Stock To Buy Investment Property or Keep As Conventional
5 February 2025 | 4 replies
But ya have to make some educated prognostications in life.Add this to the information your processing - What your talking about doing is eliminating around $4000 or interest expense (which is deductible anyway so really could be a real impact of eliminating $2800 or so) of debt in exchange for paying over $10K in capital gains tax (don't forget possible state gains tax as well). Â
Nicholas Woo
what are your thoughts using Anderson advisors?
21 January 2025 | 31 replies
With enough knowledge you can make a educated decision on which approach you take.My experience:I personally don't sign up for any program who take you aside during events and try to sell packages that is just blatant sales strategy.Once you sign up there is every attempt to make you sign for their programs for bookkeeping, registered agent, LLC or corp setup fee which have ridiculous even with platinum membership.Basic standard structure they suggest to take advantage of multiple deductions can be easily achieved by proper education or work with a good firm like https://wcginc.com  who is local to you.A umbrella C-crop to manage all other LLC properties and take advantage of many tax deductions that are not available with a llc, its also used to take losses up to 100K as startup expenses and dissolve the entity after few years.Few LLC entities for investing in Real Estate, etc preferably in Wyoming or Nevada ( you can find many companies online who can do this for $150 compared to anderson $1500-$3000) , they will claim they have a secret Operating agreement which is bogus.They certainly try to take advantage of tax loopholes and claim to be smart people, my view they are just taking advantage of numbers as per their own statements.
Amos Lee
Selling rental property in Vegas
31 January 2025 | 1 reply
Watch out for what gets deducted in home warranty or concessions but those will be in offers you accept.Â