Mark Nugent
Cut back on 401K contributions to free up investment capital?
I'm just about to close on my first rental property -- a duplex. Currently, my wife and I contribute the yearly maximum to our employer 401K plans to decrease our taxable income. However, now we are considering r...
Russell Brazil
Car Lease Questions For Real Estate Business
I have two main questions. On a car lease is there a standard or accepted amount of the lease that can be applied to the business. Would 100% raise a red flag, 90/10, 80/20? (Should I track mileage to make the proper ...
Carrie Giordano
Yellow letter campaign for out of state investing -possible?
Hello, I live in Los Angeles but invest in my hometown in Ohio. Up until now I have bought all of my deals off of the MLS. I am looking for a way to be more proactive and find more and better deals. It seems like a ma...
Kerrie Racicot
Sell or Continue to Rent?
We bought a house almost 3 years ago as our primary residence. The house is in Arvada, CO and is in the #1 school district in Jefferson County. Due to job relocation, we moved a year after purchase and have been renti...
Steve Sebree
Help! >$150k Income vs. Suspended Loss vs. REI Tax Breaks
My wife and I have just purchased our first investment property and are searching help on various strategies we can take advantage of. We've not yet decided whether the property will be a fix-and-flip or a buy-and-hol...
Stephanie Z.
How to assess a deal (sell it or lease it?)
When deciding whether to sell or lease a commercial property you own (but no longer need), what are your deciding factors? For instance, say the value to sell is $500k, and the potential 10 year NNN lease rate is $5k/...
David Frost
Cost Seg Tax questions
I have multiple SFR properties in different states, all under my LLC. I am not a full time real estate investor and have a day job. Can I use cost seg studies to accelerate depreciation and offset my personal taxes? O...
Marshall Shen
Deal Analysis for a Chicago multi family property (4 of 30)
Hi there,
I'm doing a 30-day deal analysis challenge where I analyze one deal per day. This is my 4th day :)
Based on the asking price, I estimated it will generate a POSITIVE annual cash-on-cash return, assuming 20...
Joseph Plaugher
Property tax
Hello BP members. I was talking to a potential funding partner of mine yesterday and he asked whether the property taxes in Oregon or Washington are better (i.e. lower) for real estate investing. I looked into it and ...
Aditya Bhate
U.S vs Canada (In general)
One of my friend who is a dual citizen of U.S & Canada recently asked me this interesting question. He is currently in Ontario, Canada. But since he has dual citizenship, he was confused should he move to U.S for ...