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I have a motivated seller who wants to sell his property. But the property is abandoned and he told me I can get in the house, because the door is open. He also told me that it has been a homeless guy he was letting s...
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Is there any way that STR rental income can be considered "active" from a tax standpoint? I spent a lot of my time working on renovations myself, and manage it myself, but I have not manually tracked the time investe...
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Good afternoon guys, Its been a while since my last post but have a quick questions for you all. In regards to SEO for our real estate investment business we rank #1 for several medium tale keywords (such as we buy ho...
I am retired with a several rentals and looking to minimize taxes. I was reading a tax saving idea regarding using the equity in a real estate rental instead of withdrawing Retirement Savings. From what I understood, ...
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Hi BP,
I'm a new joiner recently from <the book on rental property investing>, I'm glad I can find a great forum to discuss property investment.I do have a question about how investors usually check today's/thi...
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Ok, hypothetical, but will become realistic I am 22 and I make 140k a year. I live off of 36k and want to invest the rest into real estate. The goal is to create an investing business where all profits can be retaine...
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Hi. So I'm a newbie and have a question...if there is a motivated seller whose house is upside down and perhaps have stopped making mortgage payments what happens to the mortgage? How do I help the seller by offering ...
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Dear all,What's the definitive answer - and preferably pointer to authoritative resource - regarding deductability of interest on HELOC with the passage of new Tax Law? I do realize that HELOC interest deduction now o...
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Hello, i own a rental with another person. I collect the rent and send half to her. I sent her a 1099 for all the amount I send to her. But Im not sure where to enter this expense in my tax return. I only see specific...
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This topic is just in regard to California residents with properties *outside* of California. Assume a California resident sets up an out-of-state trust, which in turn is the only member (and manager) of an out-of-sta...