Dave Ketcham
Cash-out refinancing as a tax strategy for retired owners?
A business partner of mine is in a partnership that owns an apartment building worth about $3M. They've been upgrading units as they've become vacant, which has reduced the monthly cash flow temporarily with expectat...
Shuo Li
How to minimize income tax?
Hello BiggerPockets.I'm pretty new to the real estate investing business. I do not currently own any properties. My aim in to obtain 2 rental properties in the next 12 months, and scale up as I go alone.The issue (a g...
Bryan O.
Tax Deferral and How to contribute to solo 401k
As tax season is approaching, I'm trying to find more ways to reduce my taxable income to get down to the more favored brackets.If I have passive income (rent) coming into an LLC, can I pay myself a management fee to ...
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Questions on Real Estate Tax Strategy or Investing
As a specialized real estate CPA, I'm here to provide expert guidance on your most complex tax matters, from navigating 1031 exchanges and cost segregation studies to optimizing your rental property deductions and han...
Ryan Taylor
Valuation vs. Appraisal for Triplex with long-term and AirBnB units
I have a property that I'm struggling to price for sale. Currently it has a duplex with long-term renters, and an above-garage dwelling unit that was converted from long-term rental into a successfully operating AirB...
Taylor Rees
Seeking lender advice...Any hope for me qualifying?
Hi,Thanks in advance for any advice/input...I'm wondering if/how I can qualify for conventional 30yr financing on rental property (1-4 units). Here is my situation:*I'm a small business owner with no W-2 Income for th...
Jeremiah Purdum
cash flow to taxable income ratio
Doing some year end math and I'm looking back across the last few years. On a SFH the second year the cash flow to taxable income on my sch E was .39. It jumped to .81 and .84 the next two years (if I did my quick cal...
Steven J.
Running Numbers: how do you take out your vacancy?
I'm curious as to some small details in running numbers some of you do.
I've been running numbers in the BP buy and hold calculator versus another speadsheet an investor gave me. They both are very helpful an...
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Ask me questions on Real Estate Tax Strategy or Investing. Answering all Questions.
As a specialized real estate CPA, I'm here to provide expert guidance on your most complex tax matters, from navigating 1031 exchanges and cost segregation studies to optimizing your rental property deductions and han...
Chris Latham
Rent reduction for tenant expenses
In general should I reduce next month's rent if I owe a tenant for expenses they incurred or should I write them a check? I am thinking of record keeping and tax implications.