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Kenneth LaVoie talking myself out of deals / 50% rule
31 July 2009 | 12 replies

Hi.
I need some help in my clarity. I have been educating myself for about a year and investing for about 6 months. I have been analyzing some deals and have already walked away from ONE 11 unit apartment building th...

Peter Seely The dreaded tax questions begin
22 July 2011 | 7 replies

Hi All,

First I will start of by saying I will reach out to my accountant but I wanted to at least know what to ask and have an idea what I am talking about....maybe with tax I am dreaming...

My question is, I have ...

Gulliver R. Mobile Home Park deal analysis
6 April 2017 | 11 replies

I'm analyzing a MHP in Idaho, it's a 10 space, 2 park owned homes, 2 vacant lots, city water/sewer (tenant pays), and below is the pro forma. I'm using conservative numbers when analyzing this deal 40% Rule for the ex...

Kevin Zou Does depreciating house on tax return lower borrowing power?
6 July 2020 | 13 replies

Hey guys,
From what I heard banks normally use your gross income to debt ratio to determine your borrowing power. If I depreciate property value on my tax return to deduct my net income, will that impact my mortgage ...

Philip Pape How to handle expenses to buy property before LLC created
7 September 2016 | 8 replies

I am in the process of closing on a property, so I have some expenses such as postage, travel, and such. I'm paying and tracking these under my real estate investing LLC.However, I'm buying the property under a new 50...

Kunal Patel Are FICA taxes deductible or only Federal and State Income Tax?
2 June 2021 | 5 replies

Hello, 
Does anyone know what taxes are deductible through business expense? For example, if you have a W2 job and make 100K. Then you pay 24% on the 15K from the 85K to 100K bracket of your income. Adding the FICA t...

Paul Winka QuickBooks: rehab cost journal entries before in service?
1 December 2016 | 4 replies

I asked a similar question earlier today about putting a rental property in service and deducting the costs of the rehab on Schedule E. Okay, looks like I can't deduct the make ready costs and I can tally the improvem...

Annelise A. What to do with rental income?
19 January 2011 | 19 replies

I've been dividing my monthly rental income into 3 buckets.

Bucket 1 goes into repairs for the property
Bucket 2 goes into the mortgage payment
Bucket 3 goes into future investment savings (MM acct due to higher ...

Ray Slack Basic 1031 question about back property taxes on relinquished
15 March 2021 | 2 replies

I've read property taxes are not considered transactional cost.  So, if when selling a property  that I have $10,000 back taxes on the property that were planning to be paid at closing . Would I need to pay those  tax...

John Lee Deducting utilities that are under the tenant's name?
6 July 2020 | 2 replies

I pay for internet, gas and electricity each month but the bills are under the tenant's name. He reimburses me for them but I'm the one making the payments. I'm adding his reimbursements as income but can I deduct the...