If you pass all of the qualifying tests and indicate at tax time that you’re a real estate professional, does that allow you to use all of your losses to offset gains?i know as a non-real estate professional you are l...

I've been ruminating over the low rate environment recently and whether to refi one or more of my long-term rentals, but I just struggled visualizing the full gamut of financial impacts, e.g. loan cost inefficiency, 3...

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and in need of some advice.
My situation is as follow: I am not a US citizen (French) and will be moving permanently outside the US (Canada) at the end of July. I own an apartment in Chi...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Rochester.

Purchase price: $100,000

Cash invested: $25,000

Cash yield focus. 9% cap rate ( with 5% repair and 1 month vaca...

Hi all - 2 part question:Scenario: Property purchased for $200,000 and put into service as rental property. Ten years later, investor moves back into the property for a period of two years and sells for $300,000. He h...

If I bought a tax lien in Alabama for a commercial property, is is best to start seeking possession or wait for the interest to accumulate a little before filing for possession? I realize there is a 3 year rule to hav...

My parents used to live in their home, which was bought in 2009. They moved out and started using it as a rental property in June 2016. This is the first year I am doing taxes for this property. Prior years were done ...

Say if you have a project that sells for $5 million but there is some form of seller financing where the buyer pays $2 million upfront and then the rest is paid over a 3 year period.  Cost basis is say $1 million and ...

After a over 200 calls discussions with investors via phone calls, I discovered that a notable portion of my time is spent reprogramming bad money habits created by the way we were raised. Further compounding this pro...

Assuming there is no mortgage, let's say I bought Property A 6 years ago for $200K and I decide to sell it for $350K with $20K in commission. Let's also assume there are no improvements to make the numbers easy. -Tota...