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Chris Montgomery Separate Bank Accounts For Each Property?
3 September 2012 | 9 replies
You get ONE paper statement, with each account identified and transactions that go with that account in its own section of that single statement.If you have to maintain separate escrow accounts for each tenant, then "relationship banking" is even more beneficial for all, because those escrow accounts sit there with zero activity, so why have to deal with all the extra statements.And if you go paperless, then this is even less of a factor to the banks; the account info is all computerized, and the computer could care less whether the accounts it has belong to one or a hundred people.However, the smaller bank, with just a couple of branches and the same people always there, just might look at your situation as Bill posted.
NA N. Minimizing taxes paid on your Rehab/fliping business
7 September 2012 | 14 replies
If you flip 5 properties and keep 5 properties as rentals in a given year, the 5 flipped properties will get taxed as business income (and be subjected to SET) and the 5 rentals will be classified as capital assets and will get taxed as such.That said, I believe that if there are properties where the IRS can't really determine if they are intended to be flips or rentals (intent does matter in this case), then the IRS can look at previous patterns by the taxpayer and make a general classification of "Dealer" to determine that all properties fit that criteria.But, if you segregate your properties properly (flips from one or more business entities and rentals from other business entities), you should be able to treat some properties as inventory (dealing) and some as rentals (capital assets).I'm not a tax professional, but that's how I understand it.
Eric Roseman How to identify hot markets
7 September 2012 | 8 replies
Thank you Peter.I guess if I could continue with this then, what would be the next thing you would look for in a market you identified that has a high absorption rate?
Sue T. Salt Lake City, UT vs Austin, TX
8 September 2012 | 14 replies
The key is learning how to identify the 1% deals in both cities or any other city in the country.
Jon K. Would you rent to person with one bogus check in past?
13 September 2012 | 12 replies
Once a person has gone 24-30 months past such a court case, thus showing that this isn't a pattern of behavior, then I can see allowing the issue to pass.
Uwe K. "Evictions ok" type ads?
9 October 2012 | 12 replies
Though our business isn't a charity, we do look at the bigger picture when dealing with people, and make a judgment on whether or not we think their circumstances are a bump in the road, or an overall pattern.
Samantha M. Testing for a Under Slab Leak
25 October 2012 | 1 reply
We identified it but ensuring all faucets were off, not leaking and checked the water meter to see if it was still flowing water.
Jeff S. Companion animal lawsuit copied and pasted from the Rental Housing Association of Greater Portland website
7 November 2012 | 2 replies
From the test narratives described above, they concluded the Gordons were involved in a pattern of discrimination against people with disabilities, citing in the first case Gordon required deposits for companion animals even if there was a doctor’s letter, and in the second case that the deposit depended on the validity of the doctor’s letter.
Ibrahim Hughes How Do I Find Missing Title Insurance Policy?
11 November 2012 | 22 replies
If the prior company is out of business you may be either S-O-L (an multi-industry term), or...You could go back to the prior insurance company, identified on the recorded transfer deed, and ask them to insure your transaction, or...Offer to personally indemnify the insurer of the last transaction, if you believe you have about a zero % chance if one of the lien holders sticking their head up and making a claim.
William R. Double Closings and City Inspections
15 November 2012 | 8 replies
When the city does their inspections, they will identify anything needing repairs before it passes the inspection.