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Ed L. How to Write Off Maintenance expenses on my properties
31 August 2011 | 22 replies

I'm growing my rental portfolio and I am a little confused about how to handle my taxes.

With Maint expenses do I need to record them as they come in and then deduct from Income for my taxes?????

OR.

Can I put asi...

Brian Hunsaker Wondering how to minimize taxes owed to IRS from rental properties
12 March 2024 | 36 replies

We have 3 rentals, and Turbotax says we made about $27k off the 3 combined last year, so I ended up having to pay the IRS $8k. Currently the tenants pay us directly to our bank accounts. Would we owe less if we set up...

Paul Garcia Negotiating commission without an agent
17 January 2018 | 14 replies

Today I submitted a verbal offer on a purchase for land in Hawaii. I contacted the listing agent directly and told him we're not currently working with an agent. I offered that the agent could either represent us as a...

Bill Gulley Let's Talk About Buying With Seller Financing
12 August 2012 | 23 replies

Several threads asking about seller financing as the seller, what should you look for or consider as the buyer?

Let's start with a question to the seller, why do you want to be the bank?

Your due diligence about the...

Richard Lee TN - Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge/Sevierville STR taxes
13 May 2021 | 38 replies

We finally have our STR property set up and rolling, listings cranking on Airbnb and VRBO, and on our way towards getting enough 5 star reviews to kick the machine into high gear.  Still have some deferred maintenance...

Seth Kitchka New to Buildium, experienced PM software users come on in!
12 September 2015 | 20 replies

Hi all,I signed up with Buildium and was hoping for some advise or tips from experienced Property Management software users. I only manage my five SFRs, nobody else's. I decided to start using Buildium now to stay ahe...

Hilly Fricks Contractor HAS my money...but no work...
14 February 2018 | 54 replies

Hi I hired a Manager/Contractor to replace the roof and other work...I wired him $7000 and have not heard from him for over 2 months now. I have his address and contact number, he does not answer my calls and I am ove...

Eugene Lavatman Fastest AND cheapest ways to accept payments from tenants
7 February 2021 | 41 replies

Hello BiggerPockets community, we have been accepting payments from tenants using Zelle, Venmo and Paypal. Zelle and Venmo requires  tenants to have an American bank account. We can receive the payment INSTANTLY and F...

Edita D. efficient track of money in BAH: how many business accounts and which ones
19 November 2012 | 21 replies

Hey guys,
we are BAH (buy-and-hold) property owners that just separated our business account from personal.
To efficiently operate rentals, what business accounts would you recommend to have? Would you recommend:
-a s...

James Hsia Tenant wish to create Promissory note on Late Unpaid Rent
28 August 2018 | 39 replies

Tenant has extenuating circumstance and unable to pay rent for next 2 months (I already served him with 3 day pay or quit).  He suggested a promissory note which forfeits his security deposit as a short term bridge pa...