Rick Jones
How to write off general business expenses with several rentals?
Hi All,So might be a stupid question but here goes... What is the best way to categorize expenses that are for your overall business operation when you have several properties? For example say I purchase a printer, st...
Rob Brown
Asset Allocation for Real Estate Investors - % of net wort in RE
I am a real estate broker and investor who's been investing since 1999 when I bought my first property at 19. I have always had 80-90% of my total net worth invested in real estate and the rest liquid as a cash reserv...
Jason Chu
How do landlords deduct expenses that span multiple properties?
I am wondering if there has been any real solid resolution on this topic. My CPA has instructed me that the auto expenses (at least the proportion used for rental activities), overhead such as office supplies, sof...
Mark Andrews
Depreciation basis calc
Suppose I purchase a property for $200k. Is my depreciable base the entire $200k or do I have to back off the amount that is considered land?
Carlos Flores
How? SDIRA buying in to Rental Business. Splitting Depreciation.
I am trying to understand how this deal could be structured. Assumptions: new LLC being formed in Texas to buy a multifamily with recourse financing. Three people/entities, one of the three is a SDIRA LLC. Capit...
Jonathan St.Leger
Cost segregation land value question
Hey BP Nation, @Yonah Weiss When doing a coat segregation study, how do they establish land vs structure values in a high land cost area? On several podcasts I’ve heard that the land is anywhere between 15 - 20% of pu...
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Assessor's land value too high?
The county assessor's apportionment of land v. improvements seems a bit high to me. On the 4 houses I purchased this summer, the land values are 42%, 42%, 33%, and 22% of the total assessed value. For depreciatio...
Julia Myers
How do you share depreciation?
Can you share how depreciation works in a Joint Venture? Partner brings caliptal/down payment (passive involvement) and I do the management (active REPS activity). If there is only a JV and not a new LLC formed, what ...
Evan Hyde
Taxes on sponsor cash flow
Question for the RE CPA's: If I have a deal where I am the sponsor and invest no equity, while my investors invest 100% of the equity, and we agree to split cash flows (let's say 50/50). Our first cash distribution co...
Jess Anderson
Help! Complicated capital gains question for experts
Ok help me! I have a very complicated capital gains tax question. We purchased 2 duplexes (bldg A and B) on the same lot for $500k in Loveland CO. We have since been going through the approval process to split off on...