I bought a 2 family the end of 2012 and have now completed my first year as a landlord. My accountant recently provided me with my Schedule E tax return for 2013 and I was surprised to see that my taxable income i...

This is a very debatable topic but...I have a self-directed IRA. I have only used that IRA to invest in private notes and hard money lending because those types of investments produce "interest" income which adds to m...

I make under the limit to be able to deduct 25k against my w-2 teaching income.  Is anyone aware of there being a limit to how many years you can consecutively take a loss? I am not sure of how pissed the IRS would be...

I haven't found much direct info on the benefits of investing in properties located in states like Texas, Washington, and Nevada. I assume there must be positives even though I am a resident of CA.Would REI in these t...

I have a property that I am working on but wanted some feedback from the pros! This is a triplex in a medium sized community on the edge of their downtown by a junkyard and jail.Purchase price: $135,000Rents: $1,800Te...

Hello, I have multiple assets and am a small business owner, so my taxable income and real income are very divergent bc there is alot of cash in my business. Anyways I wanted to get a mortgage for a rental property bu...

I've researched a bit about the conversion on an IRA to a self-directed or solo 401K and how to avoid the UBIT tax on larger syndicated multi-family non-recourse deals. From what I can tell from some of the research i...

So I was wondering how is someone like myself who's sole income is based on 1099 is able to qualify for a loan? Most of my income from the past 5 years come from my Network Marketing/Home Based business which is a dou...

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I am running through some scenarios for a first rental property which will be out of state using a PM.

The scenarios range from a couple hundred cash flow positive per month to a break even per month. I have ...

My father and I purchased a property 2 years ago cash. At the time of the purchase the property was deeded solely to his name. I would like to now transfer the deed to an LLC, in my name, while doing a cash out refina...