Sean Hoglund
South Carolina property tax (non resident)
Can someone tell me if I am missing something. I thought it was simply the difference on percentage of appraised value (4% vs 6%). But the bigger issue is the nonresidents (or a 2nd house) have to pay all the school t...
George P.
airbnb - can the host be picky who stays in his/her home?
Hoping this thread will NOT get political....Since the airbnb host is hosting people in his/her own personal home, shouldn't he/she be able to refuse service to people he/she is not comfortable with? Its not Hilton ho...
Mike M.
Annual Bonus Check - Changing Witholding to "Exempt" a bad idea?
Hey all,I have a regular W2 job that provides a substantial bonus check annually. Over the years I have heard of gossip that changing my withholding for this single paycheck is the best tax strategy. My employer combi...
Bill Krenz
Flipping Houses in a Self Dircted IRA
I’m looking to flip some house with my self directed Ira. I will loan the money from a private lender through my self directed account. Seeing what the proper way to set it as for ubit tax if that applies and how peop...
Tina Lee
WY statutory trust for exemption of CA franchise tax
I'm a WA resident and own one property in CA. Anderson Advisors has formed a WY Statutory Trust for me for my property in CA. I don't know what to do next. My property manager is still taking out Franchise tax mont...
Julie J.
Selling real estate and capital gain tax
Hi allI have an investment property I am thinking about selling and I know I can defer paying taxes through 1031exchange. However that comes with having to find another like kind investment home within 45days, paying ...
Sam Kay
Fair Housing Act with LLC
Hello BP team!I recently acquired a duplex under my personal name and plan to owner occupy 1 unit and rent the other. I plan to put the title under a new LLC and this LLC will have this duplex property only. I will be...
Helen Zhang
Dallas, Texas, a property with Weird Tax History
Hello BP community,I am in the process of purchasing a property in Dallas Texas, and it is a REO property.I am cleared with title insurance and received title commitment. However, when I looked up the tax history on t...
Arn S.
asset protection for personal residence
My wife and I are looking for a way to preemptively protect our personal home from outside personal creditors (we have no creditors or obligations now) . GA has a weak homestead exemption and we have a lot of equity i...
Nick Frey
Short term cap gains with income carryover losses
Short term cap gains basically get counted as income...you have $100k income and $100k short term cap gain, you basically have the same as $200k income.I've been very careful over the years and have tremendous carryov...