Hello,I am going through my primary home refinance, my new lender is pushing me to escrow property taxes and insurance even though I have an excellent loan to value. My preference is to pay myself directly for insuran...

Politicians are again talking of eliminating the 1031.Does this change anything for you?   Does that just increase your hold time, so decreases real estate activity?Do you sell/exchange anyway and just pay the tax man...

I am currently renting one side of my Duplex and living in the other side. I’m collecting the rent into a business account which covers part of the mortgage. And also transferring money from my personal account into m...

While the election isn’t over for the candidacies, there are a handful of measures that will affect us as real estate investors.
Ballot measure 2B asked voters to approve a 0.25% sales-and-use tax increase (which amo...

I am looking for advice on how to forecast property taxes for my financial model.  The way that I see most brokers represent the property is to take current property taxes and keep it constant or increase it marginall...

Hi everyone,I just started looking into my first property to invest in (SFR or MFR). I am setting up the cash flow and appreciation expected for the first 5 years after purchase. I had a question about annual property...

Tax deferral help needed:  I am a full-time W-2 employee and max out my pre-tax contributions to my 401(k).  I have a side-hustle real estate LLC that includes passive income from fifteen rental units as well as activ...

What are the downsides of electing to be treated as a real estate professional for taxes? Would this make my real estate rental income become active income instead of passive? Is this taxed differently? I do not have ...

Hello BP family!!  I need your help once again.Question: Do lenders look favorably or negatively at income properties? Details:  Long story short, I have one rental property (newbie here), and am currently in the mark...

Hi BP!My husband and I are getting ready to purchase our first deal. The lender needs to look over our taxes. We haven't done our taxes for 2017 yet will be filing this weekend. My husband is a 1099 employee and usual...