What is the most advantageous way to pay a realtor, when she is trying to help out at the same time? She will have to pay income taxes on her % even if she doesn't "charge" me?
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Hello Fellow Investors,I'm a newbie. Do you have any tips and guidance for House Hacking Tax if I rent out a basement and the master bedroom in a 3bd/3ba house. What can you deduct if you rent out 50% of your house. T...
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One of my rental properties in Austin had a fire recently when tenants used fireplace. There is extensive damage to the house and I am working with my insurance company and have talked to couple of fire restoration co...
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Hey gang! My fiance and I just got our first house and we are planning to convert a section of the house to an auxiliary dwelling unit and rent it out. We started a shared bank account and are on our way to setting up...
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I just purchased my first buy-and-hold investment property in February. It’s located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and I will need a CPA to help me with my taxes. I also have a small mowing business in Missouri that operat...
My family and I are investing into a home for my parents. What are our options as far as multiple buyers on a real estate deal are? Could we do a portfolio loan where we all pool in equal shares of the required down p...
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Hello, I am looking for a Real Estate Attorney or title search company to help me investigate titles for some foreclosure properties. I want to make sure they don't have any liens or debts attached. Does anyone know w...
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Hi local BP friends!I’m looking for a CPA in Denver to help with my taxes. In 2017 I owned two single family properties so my taxes weren’t too complicated. I used H&R Block, but he had a rough time because I was ...
Hello,I have recently bought a property subject to existing financing in Illinois.I am planning to sell this house on owner financing. The monthly payments from the buyer needs to cover the monthly payments of the loa...
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We are about to inherit our seed money for our flipping business, it is coming from a 403b account, misc IRAs (which are becoming inheritance IRAs), and sale of a single family property. As we understand it, the dist...