If an individual purchases a rental property and incurs expenses for property management, maintenance, and mortgage interest, how are these expenses typically treated for tax purposes, and what impact do they have on ...
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Does anyone know what to make of these new IRS rules that came into effect for 2014? (but I believe are back dated to 2011)It sounds to me like we can start deducting a large number of those repairs we used to have to...
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Nightmare story,I've bought many homes before but this was by far the worst ever. I just bought a seller financed property in Dunn from a person that I previously trusted. I definitely should have done my due diligen...
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So here is my situation:I am a new investor. I purchased an investment property that has not yet been filled but I have incurred costs along the way to get me to this point. Now I've been told that I can write off man...
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I purchased my first rental property in 2016 and spent ~$15K on material/labor to fix up the property prior to renting. The house was vacant when I purchased in September of 2016, and I did not have a tenant in place ...
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Hi,Curious to know if anyone has had issues qualifying for more mortgage loans with rental income from an STR. I bought 2 over the past 2 years (1 each year), and I’m noticing a trend with the write offs from the set ...
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I bought a home in January with the intent of fixing up the basement to airbnb. I started renting the basement out in July after improvements were finished. I know I can deduct the portion of the mortgage interest (...
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Without doing anything illegal i would like some crafty advice on incorporating losses incurred on the failed acquisition of another property, into my expenses for 2021.Background: I have only one rental property whic...
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I purchased a ticket in December for a flight in mid-Jan strictly to visit one of my properties and attend a seminar. Would this be a tax write-off for my 2019 tax return? Also wondering if the expenses incurred dur...
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If a tenant's motorcycle insurance pays the property owner for a claim of damage done to the rental unit should that payment amount be listed as income for the owner on the Schedule E?