I was born and raised in CA. It's so heartbreaking to see what is happening to it.  A recent poll says that 46% of the people plan on leaving the bay area. Let's do our own poll (FOR CALIFORNIANS or those that recentl...

After listening to an informative BP podcast #269 podcast link, I'm inspired to find some tax savings related to a house that I purchased and renovated in 2018.  I also advertised the place to sell and rent in 2018, b...

I started renting out my once-primary home in 2022 and doing the taxes for 2022 now. I need some help to do my taxes. I am hoping to do taxes by myself.So I purchased this home a few years ago for a certain price. To ...

The first state in the nation to make solar mandatory for new builds starting in 2020  . Pros? Cons?https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/15/california-solar-p...

There aren't enough renters to build demand so prices are dropping. They're dropping so low that Landlords are choosing to keep the units vacant rather than fill them at reduced prices. In August, they warehoused over...

My name is Ami and I have made a pretty  big mess of things. Here are some details of my life:- Sales Manager of a sales team in the IT universe earning about $85k/yr- Wife has an office job paying her $60k/yr- We owe...

I hired several persons/contractors to do the painting, landscaping, cleaning and maintainance, but I don't have their SSN or TIN, so I did not send them form 1099MISC, do I still can deduct all those costs from the r...

Hello.  In trying to help my mom after my dad passed away Christmas, I
rented my place out.  Having never done this, and rushed by the
deadline to file taxes, I'm confused on some points.  On advise pages
it's s...

Please read my post before answering willy nilly, but I was wondering why is everyone here so against paying for real estate educational information?

I will preface to say that there are quite a few hucksters...