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News and fears of an upcoming recession have many speculators are saying the markets will crash sometime later this year. Tampa Bay has only seen increasing demand for houses with supply that can barely keep up. In su...
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Since today is the deadline to file 1099s with the IRS for all contract workers, I thought I'd share a simple "best practice" for getting the paperwork done.Print out a short stack of W9 forms to keep in your car or b...
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I am building a team in Colorado Springs. We are a few months into our start-up and ready to take the next step. While we are not able to support full-time employees yet...we ARE looking to grow/train some part-time a...
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Curious if any of my fellow self storage investors have researched this new business model of "On Demand Storage"? I noticed UHaul appears to be going "all in" on the U-Box. In Texas we have seen Call Box Storage op...
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Hi everyone,
My name is Mark and I need some direction. I am a self employed commercial fisherman who makes 150 to 200k a year. I am totally fine with this income at the moment but the only problem is when the tax m...
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Hello,I would like to know if it’s possible to form an LLC out of state. For example for someone living in NJ is it possible to form an LLC in Texas? Please note my goals are not just real estate as I am also consider...
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I had a couple apply where one has a job that make 3 x rent. However they had a house go into foreclosure this year, declared bankruptcy, have no landlord references, currently lives with his mom and he's around 40 an...
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I recently had one of my 1099 employees approach me about helping him deal with some back taxes that have come to a head and he is running out of options. He owes $60,000 to the IRS from 2004 taxes and he has asked me...
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Hello everyone,My Girlfriend and I are finally ready to purchase our first deal. I would love to get some opinions on the different approaches to this. Currently we have a home we own with a mortgage that is less than...
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For those of you who own an Investment firm, how did you start the firm? ie how did you get that first million-dollar deal?