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Trevor Davis The city is claiming my 4 unit is really a 3 unit. What should I do?
19 December 2024 | 4 replies
If you can find a precedent, that could bolster your argument significantly.Lean on the Physical Details: Four mailboxes, four sewer lines-those are big indicators that the property has been treated as a four-unit for some time.
Rene Hosman What is your preferred way to collect rent?
28 December 2024 | 12 replies
I actually have a fee in my lease if a tenant wants me to physically pick up a payment.
Basit Siddiqi Investing in Spain: Good idea for non-residents(Americans)?
22 January 2025 | 30 replies
This is ideal for those taking their first steps in Spain or needing to establish a presence without having a physical office.If the goal is to link an SL with a holding or manage dividends, then yes, it’s essential to ensure the legal structure is well-defined and compliant with the relevant regulations.
Phillip Austin Nightmare Tenant - This is why you need a property manager!
24 December 2024 | 7 replies
If that is the path moving forward we will be left without a home as of 9/21/24 which will create incredible financial, mental, and physical stress on our part.
James E. Real Estate professional logbook example
22 January 2025 | 218 replies
The claims of 1hr to collect rent, produce receipts, and deposit checks also seems like a reasonable claim if done physically and not electronically.
Matthew Drouin Good Cause Eviction Law Passed - 3 Things You Need To Know
30 December 2024 | 15 replies
@Carini Rochester I agree with Greg but to be clear Good Cause does not require a landlord to provide free housing, it just forces them go through the onerous and expensive and lengthy process of actually going for non payment eviction instead of a hold over proceeding, when the landlord knows that a monetary judgement is worthless and just wants possession of their rental unit back so they can fix it back up and rent it again hopefully to a great tenant.Also the problem with all this is that from 2019 to now, landlords have gotten used to having economically or physically vacant units and have priced that risk in. 
Shaun Palmer North Carolina - Security Deposit Trust Accounts
22 December 2024 | 14 replies
You must keep the tenants security deposit at a bank that physically operates a branch office in the State of NC.  
Margaret Lewis Tax Deeds in Texas
17 December 2024 | 5 replies
I look for liens that will be removed or that may stay, ownership history, platting, zoning, exit strategies, cost & profit analyses, and above all else; I physically look over the property.
Brian Kantor Any multi-game arcade machines/vendors you'd recommend?
1 January 2025 | 27 replies
They also chose to use roku tvs without a physical on button. just terrible, terrible build quality. bought 4 and 2 are already damaged after a year.
Melanie Baldridge Bonus depreciation ?
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.