Jeremy Kuchenbecker
Passive Losses Into Active Losses - Is This Possible??
I've got several properties with the unique advantage of having my father, a 20 year veteran in the property management business, manage them . He works for a property management company that I pay a 10% management fe...
Phil Shelton
Exploring Rental Loss Write-Offs for Qualified Real Estate Professionals with $150K+
Can a qualified real estate professional with a W-2 income above $150,000 be allowed to write off rental losses on my tax returns?
Casey McConkey
Billing owners for maintenance hours
I'm curious how you bill your property owners for maintenance hours? Do you charge a higher flat rate property management fee and include some of your maintenance hours or do you bill each property owner only for the...
Thomas Sell
myrenatus/renatus...friend or foe???
im just getting started in RE and am looking for a mentor and great quality up to date market conditions and the most up to date information/education on real time investing. I came across a lot of programs and semin...
Warren West
Negotiating Electric Work
I'm getting my house rewired from knob and tube to romex. I have gotten 3 quotes so far. Two that came in at $14k. The third did a walk through and gave me a verbal estimate of $9k, but then the written quote bumpe...
Edward Barnes
tax deductions on rental property
My wife owns a condo about in 2008. I married into this pig (the condo, not my wife) as we filed jointly last year. It loses about $500/mo after everything's said and done. Doing the taxes last year it wouldn't let me...
Ivan Oberon
Installment #10 Insurance Issues for The Real Estate Investor - Workers Compensation
Installment # 10 Insurance Issues for The Real Estate Investor Let's move on now to a topic which is probably most overlooked.WORKERS COMPENSATION:Though frequently overlooked by many real estate investors, worker's c...
David White
Getting an ARV with no comparable comps
A potential seller reached out to my partner and said he wanted to get rid of his house. The seller owes 37k on a home equity loan. Its a 700 sq ft 2 bd 1 ba house on a 7800 sq ft lot. Besides his house and 2 others a...
Dan G.
Does anyone know how to read this diagram I pulled from the assessor site?
An appraiser I spoke to this morning showed me some benefits from making an account with the county Assessor site, and there is tons of useful information I can use but am having trouble understanding...
Ryan Cleary
General price per sqft for new construction
When speaking to an architect today, he told me to factor in spending $250 a sqft for a new duplex in West Palm Beach, Florida. Does this seem too high? I know contractors has more then enough work coming their way ...