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I am a few years away from buying my first house, and am wondering where to save up for that. Currently, I invest through Betterment with a general investing plan and a Roth IRA, and I also contribute to my employers ...
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I started dabbling in wholesaling a few months ago,I do not have an LLC. I haven’t made any profit yet and I’m wondering if I should still file taxes for my “business “.
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I’m closing on the sale of my business and building in the next few weeks. l plan to use that money to start investing in real estate. I’m particularly interested in small multi family and/or medium term rentals. I’...
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Colleagues and friends, The original GOP reform thread started by @Brandon Hall is well over 200 posts by now. This is one of the follow-up threads specifically for discussion of pass-through entities (Sch C / Sch E s...
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Hello,My father recently passed away and I inherited his house in Ohio, but I am in California. I work full time and this is the very first property I have ever owned. I am intending to convert the house to a rental a...
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I was trying to run some numbers through a spreadsheet to see what the effects wereof cashing out a 401k to invest in vs. leaving it in a self-directed IRA/401k.Assumptions:1. Starting value of 300k in 401k2. Lose a t...
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Good day Biggerpockets community!We are investors from Canada and just starting out in US market as well. We have registered an LLC in US, and I am looking to open a business account for it (we have an account for per...
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Hi everyone,
i am looking to get into the STR market by purchasing my first property in Virginia this winter.
On the finance side, I assume I will need to start an LLC. How will that effect the purchasing process? ...
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In publication 527 it says:"The following are settlement fees and closing costs you can’t include in your basis in the property.
Fire insurance premiums.Rent or other charges relating to occupancy of the property b...
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Whats up BP fam,I just got off the phone with a owner of a house I found while driving for dollars. She says she wants to sell but she is afraid of paying capital gains taxes because she was killed by them when sellin...