Jamarr Lee
How to enter abandoned houses with caution?
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...
John Wolf
Minimizing Taxes using Equity in Rental Property
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, ...
Kyler J Sloan
Passive Losses for STR's
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...
Daniel Sisto
Local SEO
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...
Chris Wang
How investers usually check mortgage rate?
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...
Zach Lincoln
Investing Retained Earnings
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...
Katharine Gonzalez
Confused about how to help sellers
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 ...
Alik Levin
HELOC interest deduction - New Tax Law
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...
HJ Wang
Rent distribution to partner. What expense is it
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...
Rob C.
Entity structure on out-of-state rentals and no CA franchise tax?
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...