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Hello, I'm looking for a referral on a tax professional in the Orange County, CA area who is specialized and proficient at handling 10-99 employees, work-at-home scenarios and extensive travel expenses.Thanks in advan...
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Does anyone have any recommendations of experienced Tax Professionals related to Real Estate investing in the Phenix City AL/Columbus Ga Area. Looking for someone who could not only review to make sure we are missing...
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Hey BP,I currently have a W-2 job and recently reworked a former 2nd W-2 job to be a 1099 contractor role. So now I have W-2 income and self earned income. This was to be able to write off my home office on my taxes a...
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A question to all the tax pros; how are you guiding your clients when their R.E. activity has the potential to generate phantom income? I'm seeing lots of Gurus promoting and teaching about buying Sub-2 and then sell...
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Good Morning!I currently work in Land Development as a W2 employee making $200k+ a year. I had spoken with my previous CPA about possibly becoming a 1099 for my current employer to achieve Real Estate Professional sta...
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Good morning BP. I am putting together a presentation for a national tax professional conference. We are continuing our research into the minds of a real estate investor. What adds value to you as a client from your t...
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Good morning BP Community,I am running a cost segregation on my STR that I launched this year. I am seeking recommendations on someone that can help me with tax prep and filing for year 2022 that is incredibly knowled...
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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 ...
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My fiance and I bought our first STR last year and rented on AirBNB/VRBO throughout the year. We are both W2 employees so we should be pretty simple.We bought the STR as a vacation home and do go sometimes ourselves ...
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I am considering purchasing my first rental property. I make over $150k so I'm out from the AGI perspective. However, my full time job is doing acquisitions for a real estate investment firm so I certainly spend well ...