Bonus depreciation is a powerful tax benefit but even some of the most seasoned real estate investors have never heard of bonus depreciation. Why not?
It’s traditionally been a tax benefit reserved for developers tha...

Hi everyone, in April 2020 we purchased a 4-unit property in Los Angeles where the seller financed a 2nd mortgage. The seller stayed in the property as our tenant after close. We are attempting to pay off the 2nd, whi...

Hey Folks,April 15th is right around the corner and I constantly see the same tax questions pop up in the forums. Hopefully this thread can help serve as a running list of real estate tax questions and answers. Ideall...

Hi, my husband and I are the only two members of an LLC (partnership status for tax purpose).  The LLC owns a property outside the state where we live.  We have a dedicated office in our primary home that we use exclu...

Looking back I see this topic was discussed about 10 years ago.
Recently it has come up in some podcast I have listen to. I'm curious if anyone has truly vetted these policies. The idea of creating a investment arbit...

I emailed my CPA to ask what our tax liability would be if we sold some properties. He answered my question via email and I got a bill a month later. I feel like we pay a lot for our tax prep ($1500) and to be billed ...

I am considering a "strategic default" of my condo property in California. I bought it as my primary residence in 2004, but have rented it out for the past two years. I am more than $100K underwater, and do not qualif...

We're planning to STR a cottage on our personal property.My question is from a structure standpoint, can we rent the cottage through one of our corporations, or do we rent it personally.  I know one other family that ...

hello all.  first post here.  I am interested in getting into the real estate investing world and have a few introductory questions.  Unlike many of you, I have no interest in doing this full time (at least not until ...

my wife and I got into real estate investing about two years ago. I am going to put below the RE deals that we have made, thus far. We are both 28 and looking to really create a good business model and i think we have...