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Hi everyone,Our partnership files a 1065 for passive real estate income. In the past we've always reported passive losses on our real estate investing activity. This year (2022 tax return) we are reporting passive n...
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New to Pro membership, but I have followed BP on LinkedIn and BP podcasts for some time. Mainly, I work wholesale and flipping lease options (touchy in Texas). Learned wholesaling lease options from Joe McCall and J...
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Hello everyone. My name is Mano.I'm returning to BiggerPockets after a hiatus of 8 years.I first heard of BiggerPockets from a professor as I was about to graduate from my MBA in 2016. In the intervening years I acqui...
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The Midwest is in the middle of the country. Ohio is in the middle of the Midwest. Columbus is in the middle of Ohio. My community is in the middle of Columbus. Being from the nucleus we have every style of real estat...
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Hi Everyone,I've been a member of BP for the past six months and have been following a number of the discussions as well as the podcasts. They are very informative and have only strengthened my desire to expand my rea...
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Anyone worked with a tax strategist they can recommend? I'm particularly interested in the following areas:* offsetting ordinary (w2) income with bonus depreciation (with cost seg) on RE investments as REP* 1031 excha...
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Does anyone have recommendations on using direct mailers?
How often to send them?
What areas to target?
Should there be a mixture of trying to attract buyers/sellers?
I’ve been comparing companies and vistapri...
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Does a general construction contractor qualify as a real estate professional? I'm wanting to take advantage of the unlimited losses reporting for taxes.
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I live in Texas, and I've heard of the TREC 20-12 but its 9 pages and I've seen a lot of wholesaler's just locking up contracts with a simple but yet effective 1 page Contract, I looked around the web and found these ...
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Hello everyone, my name is John Gillum. I am currently a Navy recruiter stationed in Bristol, TN. I am married and have 2 young daughters. I'm extremely excited to start my investing journey here in the Tri-Cities are...