Here are some tips to mitigate capital gains on real estate sales:
Use the Primary Residence Exclusion: If you have lived in the property as your primary residence for at least 2 of the past 5 years, you may be eligi...

I'm currently working on getting a triplex deal across the finish line. Seller wants to do owner finance, and has given me discretion on terms. All I need to do is have a final number that totals $550k (a high price f...

I have a family business that is being sold, it consists of two funeral homes… we will be doing an asset sale sometime in the near future.We would like to purchase a real estate portfolio with the money from the sale....

Hello,I've read that house hacking can cause tax implications at time of sale. One of those things being how much of the property qualifies for the section 121 of either 250k exemption or 500k if married. I own a prim...

Hello, my father is selling a ranch that he owns for 4 million and looking to downsize and purchase a lake property for about 1 million. So, this is putting him in the position to have to look at the possibility of do...

My husband and I are selling our triplex here in Long Beach, CA. We purchased it in September 2016 and have a significant amount of equity that we will use to purchase properties with cash out of state. We lived in ...

I can't say enough times how much I LOVE Bigger Pockets and the fact that I have a place I can come to and ask these questions without having to weed through articles on google from potentially unreliable sources. I n...

If I were to buy a 2 bed condo to live in and rent out the other room, would I get the tax benefits of it being a rental? Specifically, would I get to claim depreciation, write off the HOA fee, etc.?

Do you guys ever take the risk of buying a foreclosure at sheriff sale with the previous owner still living in it? How do you calculate rehab cost given you can’t look inside?

Here is a hypothetical question hoping that someone can answer.

Say I have two properties (A and B) with both properties having separate mortgages.

Can I sell property A and use a 1031 exchange to pay down the mortg...