The answer to these questions really determines if you even need a CPA. 

This is dealer vs investor status.Note: Classification of gain as capital or ordinary is determined property-by-property, based on the statutory determination of whether the property is a capital asset or property held for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business.

Hello Alleah,The first step is to determine your real estate goals.

So it is really by region or city that would determine this.

The title company refused to help us to determine whether the sellers are foreign or not.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published the results of research conducted into how lenders are likely to be doing their business in the future, and what new information and personal data these companies plan to start asking from borrowers in order to determine their credit score.The biggest takeaway is the seemingly inevitable shift from merely accessing credit information to also incorporating people’s online behavior into the process of deciding whether to lend them money necessary, for example, to buy a house.Compared to the way the system now works in most countries – these changes, which are expected to be coming soon, look fairly invasive privacy-wise, and with no “vision” of proper safeguards.

How do you approach someone who's living in a $1M house and driving his-and-hers $$$ cars and explain to him that the fact that his wife is endlessly determined to prove to her own mother that she could have more kids and turn them out better on Sunday by documenting it on Instagram is the main thing holding him back?

Determine a base rent on current market conditions, supply, etc. and add on based on my unit and amenities.

A Broker really needs to help you determine what exactly that reason is so that it can be worked on for the future.

Hey all, I'm trying to determine where to buy my first multi-family property (duplex or four-plex) in CT.