Melanie Baldridge
What is MACRS classification?
10 January 2025 | 0 replies
When it comes to real estate, here's a general list of eligible assets and their depreciable lifespans that you should know: Residential Rental Property = 27.5 yearsThis includes any building or structure where 80% or more of its gross rental income is from residential units.That means:- Apartment buildings- Single-family rental homes- Duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes- Mobile homes (used for residential rental)- Any kind of residential lodging facility where the primary purpose is long-term rentalCommercial Property = 39 yearsThis includes non-residential properties like:-Office buildings-Retail stores and shopping centers-Warehouses-Industrial complexes-Hotels and motels that do not qualify as residential rental propertyLand Improvements = 15 yearsThese include sidewalks, roads, fencing, some landscaping, and parking lots that are separate from the building.Personal Property = 5 or 7 yearsPersonal property used in a rental activity usually has a 5 or 7-year life.This includes most furniture, appliances, carpeting and various machinery.Qualified Improvement Property (QIP) = 15 yearsGenerally, this includes any improvements made to the interior of a non-residential building after the building was placed in service, excluding elevators, enlargements, and the internal structural framework.Computers and Related Peripheral Equipment = 5 yearsVehicles = 5 yearsNote that the land itself is not depreciable.
Cody Ford
How do you know when a house is too old?
6 January 2025 | 5 replies
The property does have heated radiators through out each unit. everything is separated for each unit electricity, gas, and window units in each property.
Jon Martin
BiggerPockets Real Estate & On the Market are Starting to sound like the same show
17 January 2025 | 3 replies
At that time we still had Rob, Brandon, David Greene on the BPRE podcast, while On the Market had the round table format with a separate crew.
Carlos Lez
Tenant's cosigner asking to break lease due to medical reasons
14 January 2025 | 9 replies
This lets both parties separate rather than dragging out the relationship.
Kenzer Hodgson
LLC or Umbrella policy
8 January 2025 | 14 replies
The reason you see a person’s name and all their entities listed in a lawsuit is because Plaintiff (the suing party) attorneys have to list everyone and every entity that can be remotely tied to a cause of action, otherwise, if enough time passes and through the legal process discover that a separate entity or just a person was truly liable and they didn’t name them in the lawsuit, they are out of luck.
Kristian Kotov
New Asset Class - The Roomshare Condo
14 January 2025 | 3 replies
The idea is to convert a multi-family building into condos; but not in the traditional sense where you separate pre-existing apartments into their own condos; but in a way where you combine the common areas of all of the apartments in that whole building, and turn the individual rooms within those apartments into condos themselves; thus transforming the hallways, kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, porches, balconies into common areas of the condos.
Nathan Gesner
Have you ever used your umbrella insurance policy?
15 January 2025 | 11 replies
I like umbrella because there is no worry of being pierced for inadequate separation of finances, if sued you have a heavy weight in your corner who has all the consequences of a defeat, and because usually it is reasonably priced (mine today is not so reasonably priced but I believe it is mostly related to the risks of CA).I do understand that the probability of needing the umbrella policy is low.
Rafael Valdor
Renting out my townhouse: DIY vs. PM vs. Realtor
11 January 2025 | 14 replies
Property management is a separate license in Alberta.Correct.
Michael Klick
2025 and Looking to Invest in Real Estate
21 January 2025 | 7 replies
That would be a separate mortgage and not what amounts to a second loan on your personal residence, which if you have spouses, they might not be that into.