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Account Closed Rental Property Tax Question
8 February 2024 | 3 replies

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 ...

Robert Steele De Minimis Safe Harbor Election (expense rather than depreciate?)
22 April 2015 | 19 replies

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...

Ryan Smith Bought a nightmare property- could use some help
5 August 2024 | 8 replies

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...

Mike Cowper 401K Conversion to ROTH - Can I offset the taxes from the conversion with a loss on property?
10 December 2014 | 1 reply

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...

Dar Fornelli Expenses from fixing up rental property, prior to being rented
9 April 2017 | 1 reply

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 ...

Mark Futalan Additional loans- qualifying STR’s
24 September 2020 | 0 replies

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 ...

Dan Cooper Mortgage Interest Deduction during Improvements
6 December 2019 | 2 replies

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 (...

Matthew M. Incorporating losses into deductions?
28 January 2022 | 1 reply

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...

Kevin Franklin Business Trip Write Off
6 January 2020 | 4 replies

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...

Janet Reindl Insurance payment considered income?
22 March 2019 | 4 replies

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?