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12 September 2024 | 54 replies
Here's another idea.There should be a legal publication in your area (ask an attorney) that has this info too.
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13 September 2024 | 61 replies
Hell, Pres. trump is far from flawless, how about sticking to facts, say how he's a horrible public speaker, because he is, the guy is atrocious.
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13 September 2024 | 5 replies
@Peter Christensen we do a few things that might help you:1) Lookup the owner of the rental property in public records.2) We have a Whitepages account that allows us to look up either names to get numbers, or reverse look up a number to get a name.3) Bank statements are also great!
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12 September 2024 | 10 replies
Under IRS rules (see IRS Publication 925 on Passive Activity and At-Risk Rules), when you sell a rental property, all suspended passive losses from that property and the rest of your portfolio become deductible in the year of the sale, provided you fully dispose of the activity and it is not exchanged for another property (like in a 1031 exchange).If you have $100K in losses from your entire portfolio, those should be applied to the capital gain from the sale of the property—not just the $50K from the specific property being sold.
15 September 2024 | 33 replies
In our area there are business administrator (assistants to the mayor) who have more decision making power than others, but the head of the water/sewer or public works department may be able to help you too.
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11 September 2024 | 2 replies
I was under the assumption that the road leading to cabin was a public road as it is named and marked on all maps, apparently not.
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12 September 2024 | 17 replies
Have you tried looking in private or incognito mode to see what the public is seeing?
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12 September 2024 | 9 replies
I do a weekly "live deal analysis" on my Facebook page if you are interested, it's public so you can view it without friending me.
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11 September 2024 | 18 replies
According to IRS Publication 946, fences fall under the category of 15-year property.You can use either the General Depreciation System (GDS) or the Alternative Depreciation System (ADS).
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11 September 2024 | 22 replies
Zoning Ordinances are often not ‘black and white’ and municipalities will protect themselves or be persuaded by the public when making decisions.