I have a rental home and had the HVAC and water heater replaced last year. The furnace stopped working and was in need of costly repairs that would likely only prolong a replacement. Since they were already replacing ...

I am placing a house into full time short term rental to try it out.  But what are the tax consequences if I discover it is not as profitable as originally hoped and convert it back into my primary residence the follo...

I'm hoping someone can give me some insight to this rather individualized question.  I own a 2 story duplex and rent the 1st floor and live on the second floor.  In 2017 I built a laundry room with hook-ups for both m...

For the past 8 months, tax professionals have been studying Section 199A (the 20% pass-through business deduction) and trying to position their clients to best be able to maximize their deduction.  However, we have be...

I had a question that my QI couldn't really answer. Before I bug my poor CPA again, I'm wondering about the collective consensus of this group. How long do I need to keep a newly purchased property that I exchange in ...

Hi guys,I never claim my home office on my taxes and I was thinking that when I have an audit, and the audit finds something, then I can use the unclaimed home deduction to offset it.But then Ive heard that some deduc...

Hello.  I had a house in the suburban Chicago area for 5 years.  The first 3 years it was a primary residence.  Then once we decided to increase our family we bought a new house and converted the first house to a rent...

I am moving out of my current residence and plan on turning it into a rental. From what I can tell if I sell the house within 3 years after moving out, I will not have to pay capital gains tax. The rule is if you...

There is a provision for a 3.8% tax on real estate sold beginning in a couple years as part of health care bill! I did try to verify with snopes. It was confusing and only discussed in terms of owner occupied sale. Di...

I started another LLC in 2017 with a focus on wholesaling and flipping homes. We held nothing in this company and sold everything no longer than 5 months. Our CPA is saying we will be classified as a dealer/trader a...