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16 August 2023 | 0 replies
When I had a full time job passive investing was a spare time “hobby”; something I did for fun and to build my investment income one day to surpass my active income and take it’s place.Let’s first define some income types:Earned Income:This includes wages, salaries, bonuses, and commissions from your job.Tax rates can vary based on your total income and the tax bracketsPassive Income:Passive income includes earnings from activities in which you don’t actively participate, such as rental income, dividends, interest, owning ATMs, etc.
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6 September 2023 | 5 replies
Also, I think I understand that bonus depreciation is not used for IRA tax calculations, and straight line depreciation is used instead.
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6 September 2023 | 4 replies
And you could discretionarily bonus him after sale, if things go well.
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7 August 2019 | 200 replies
There are a lot of bonuses, improved properties, more demand which means higher tax basis, more money for nearby schools, and parks, and community improvements, and an opportunity for people to afford a home - often fairly close to where they cant (in LA at least).
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31 October 2014 | 9 replies
Appreciation on top of that is a bonus!
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31 August 2023 | 1 reply
Bonus points if you are out of state and have MTR in Birmingham.
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22 February 2022 | 2 replies
Turns out a few minutes later the book says there is already a flowchart provided in the book bonus content (the 33 forms) that outlines this process.I looked around the files for this but couldn't find the flowchart.
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30 January 2022 | 23 replies
The bonus to this strategy is you could use a 10% loan and purchase as a second home.You could go conventional route and do 20%+ down and use it strictly as an investment, possibly replacing an income with the revenue.
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16 September 2017 | 8 replies
Although, if you are buying it for your family to use and if extra income is a bonus go for it!
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26 August 2023 | 41 replies
Double bonus points for the final pompous "e" and the Middle-English spelling of "main"!